whaledriver Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Don't see these too often. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-The-B-Key-400-Full-Stroke-Keyboard-for-Atari-400-Computer-keyboard-kit/254448617351?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40719%26meid%3D97eb70d93fa141ee8c7bf3a9764f927b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D10%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D233427562902%26itm%3D254448617351%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&fbclid=IwAR2b1P4zbASC2hzOe-FBP6vxgImh-d24jbCKEsWsKTnvHKFCIcG2DcDC1GQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Must admit I've never seen one, but at that price ..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I've got one "somewhere" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Wow, that was gone quickly.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, slx said: Wow, that was gone quickly.... That should provide some idea of the kind of market available for a good replacement keyboard for the 400/800. $125 for a 35 year-old mechanical switch keyboard - that would cover a brand new cherry mx keyboard. There's a couple threads on replacement keyboards. Hope the folks involved saw this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaledriver Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Wow, that did go pretty quick. I still have the 400 my parents bought me in 1982. Luckily my dad had the forethought to have that keyboard installed on it back then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Likewise, on my Atari 400 from 1980- still fully functional :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 My avatar is my A400, bought in 1982. I got the BKey keyboard (as you can tell from the pic) and a MOSAIC 64KB board the next year. Moving from the membrane keyboard to the BKey was a great joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaledriver Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Mine is a little different but it is pretty close. Out of my large collection, this is one of two computers I have now that I owned as a kid. Probably my most valuable (to me) computer. I have hundreds of hours on this very computer (got it when I was 15). Edited December 11, 2019 by whaledriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebottle Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I have two Atari 400's with B-Key's. They are very stiff when pushing on the keys... much like the Compaq LTE series laptops from the early 1990's (before the Pentium CPU). Better than the 400's membrane keyboard, but even a mushy XE series keyboard has better feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NISMOPC Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I love mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banquo Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 It's interesting but it just doesn't look right to me. I think the membrane keyboard looks much better on the 400, if I need to do any typing I use the 800 anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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