Keyboard

Bought one once they are crap. There is no feel to them and the keys wobble all over the place. Like having a knee trembler standing up on a water bed - or so I'm told :-(

-- Regards,

John Stevenson Nottingham, England.

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I used to have a keyboard like that - it was called a Sinclair ZX81 I think

Clingfilm works really well - and, of course, if it gets fouled with oil, just whip it off and pop a fresh bit on. Works even better if you have a low profile keyboard ( with laptop style keys ).

Regards,

Kevin,

I put one on the front of my converted ORAC lathe running turboCNC. I wouldn't want to use it for word processing due to the features John S reported, but in fairness it is water and chip proof and does the job. Saves having to hide a normal one from flying swarf - I stuck mine on with double sided tape.

I did source another for another machine but it suffered from lots of key bounce to the extent I couldn't log on ! Sent two back and ended up with a refund, but the one on the ORAC has been ok

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It seems this is not something to buy mail order -better to see & try one in the flesh I think.

Regards Kevin