Hardware & Technical New proper mechanical BBC Micro (USB) keyboard available.

Liquid · Nov 24, 2015

Hi all, I still have links to my old Acorn/RISC OS days and just came across this snippet of news. New company Elesar have launched the perfect keyboard for flying your Cobra!

http://shop.elesar.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=18_63&product_id=60

Terry Bruge-Hiplo · Nov 24, 2015

Neat

"The logo key between left Ctrl and left Alt is a flag." I lolled.

Wonder if the clicky keys are as satisfying as the IBM Model M?

Liquid · Nov 24, 2015

Terry Bruge-Hiplo said:
Neat

"The logo key between left Ctrl and left Alt is a flag." I lolled.

It's because they do one with a cog logo instead

Kemo · Nov 24, 2015

it doesnt have the 'Break' key - oh the pain of working your way along the function keys when playing Elite and then pressing the Break key by accident, after spending what felt like hours trying to get the game to load via a rubbish Tandy tape recorder!

Liquid · Nov 24, 2015

Kemo said:
it doesnt have the 'Break' key - oh the pain of working your way along the function keys when playing Elite and then pressing the Break key by accident, after spending what felt like hours trying to get the game to load via a rubbish Tandy tape recorder!

The Break key is top-right, no?

It doesn't have the f0 for launch though! Ah yes, back in the days when people invested in a floppy disc drive just to play Elite more often

And bought another copy of Elite just to get the floppy version! Or in my case bought the CoPro card for my Master to play the Tube version!

QziQza · Nov 24, 2015

'flag key' big lols.. the windows menu lock key is the single best key on a gaming board, nothing worse than going for the left ctrl or alt key trying to use a keybound ability and opening the damn menu instead.

Kemo · Nov 24, 2015

Liquid said:
The Break key is top-right, no?

It doesn't have the f0 for launch though! Ah yes, back in the days when people invested in a floppy disc drive just to play Elite more often And bought another copy of Elite just to get the floppy version! Or in my case bought the CoPro card for my Master to play the Tube version!

Not really - not in the same great position as it was on the old Beeb...

VR Dextrovix · Nov 24, 2015

I like the look but not the cost- ouch!

And anyway, carrying on from the <BREAK> comments above, it also has two function keys too many...

Para Handy · Nov 24, 2015

I use Cherry keyboards - mechanical switches - I can't recommend them highly enough. This is my current one:

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0041KJKAG

(You can get Cherry keyboards with various switch types depending upon your preference.)

VR Dextrovix · Nov 24, 2015

I certainly like the feel and response from Cherry keyboards, but the noise is distracting over a mic when playing online, so I tend to use a keyboard that keeps quiet!