Date   : Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:26:59 +0100
From   : Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: Keyboard

Jules Richardson wrote:
> I don't know, it seems to affect all machines of that vintage. The worst 
> offenders are keyboards that use foam pads and conductive discs rather than 
> spring metal contacts - thankfully I don't think that includes any of the 
> Acorn line. (PERQ machines are a real sod for it)

My Spectrum used to get through a lot of keyboard membranes, but 
strangely the last one I put in lasted years and years and is still 
working today, and when I upgraded to a +2 I never needed a new 
membrane and that one is still going strong to this day as well. They 
must have changed the design or the materials or something.