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  1. Thanks for the feedback - always good to know that my customers are happy
  2. The problem is that without a machine, the factory can only guess the possible problem..... It could be the thickness of the mylar, the amount of ink used, the aging capacitors and resistors, the way the membrane contacts are done - who knows...
  3. Thanks for the reminder. Do you want to try the spacers? From memory, the factory wanted to try another 800 and see what the issue was with the replacement mylar as I don't think the spacer fixed it. We need someone to agree to send their 800 to the factory (in Ayrshire)
  4. It is £12 including UK VAT for a single controller set - so £10 if you are not in the UK.
  5. I now have some of the spacers - who wants to try one? PM me your name & address
  6. The Retro-Printer module is proving quite popular to offer an option to either print to PDF or print to a modern USB / Network printer - www.retroprinter.com
  7. Following the various feedback, which has been helpful - the factory is going to produce a clear plastic overlay to go at the back of the membrane (a spacer) and an extra small piece of sticky backed plastic to go on the back of the contacts. This appears to be the ideal solution and is very similar to the Commodore SX-64 membrane issues which the spacer resolved.
  8. No idea at the moment - it will probably be April - the factory is actually operating but just 1 person on the shop floor, worknig 3 days a week because of space. They normally have 3 people working 5 days a week!
  9. Yes I would advise waiting. We have had this before where the factory try the membranes on a test machine without any issues, but once they reach the hands of the actual users, it is a different story. Once the factory is operating normally, I will get a plsastic spacer made and something to put extra pressure on the back of the fingers to ensure better contact and send these out. Rich
  10. Great - thanks for the experimentation - do we have any ideas as to how thick the little bit of foam needs to be on the back of the fingers?
  11. Happy for you to try different approaches - one thing which people successfully trialled on the Commodore SX-64 was to use a piece of insulating tape between each of the key pads. If that is required, then the factory will produce a thin plastic spacer sheet which has holes for each of the key pads and sits between the keyboard and the membrane.... At the moment, the factory are not working because of Covid restrictions.
  12. Hmm - it could well be that - does anyone know what the value of the pull up resistors are for the keyboard? I can then pose the question with the factory.
  13. I don't have an Atari 800 so no photos. Speaking with Jerzy - it looks as though the issue is more to do with the fact that the keys are wearing (the BREAK key is least used and hence why that one works in two cases) - try a couple of sheets of paper behind the whole of the membrane rather than just where the contact traces sit on the fingers.
  14. We are not quite certain what is causing this issue - we think it is down to the amount of pressure on the mylar as it basically just sits against those fingers. You are the second person to report that only the BREAK key is working whereas another person has about half the keys working without changing anything. What we think is required is a small piece of material (such as a thin piece of foam as used on the Commodore SX-64) or maybe even a piece of paper folded a couple of times, between the mylar and the small plastic bar which holds the mylar down. We have suggested this to the affected users, but not yet received any feedback as to whether this helps and if so how thick it needs to be. It might just be a matter of us provided an extra thin sheet of plastic to make the mylar that little bit thicker overall. It may be worth trying a couple of sheets of paper behind the whole of the mylar - Jerzy Dudek says some 800xl mylars have the same issue (where the keys are slightly worn). Unfortunately, the factory (based in Scotland) is struggling with lockdown and not operational at the moment, otherwise they could borrow Adam's Atari 800 again and try a range of materials to work out what is required.
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