Date   : Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:06:50 +0100
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Easter Disaster

2009/4/18 Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...>:

> The keytops have been slightly redesigned on the Compact, they are
> a slightly different shape and the font used is very slightly different,
> but I'm not sure really why Acorn would have gone to the trouble of doing
> this.

Just looking at the photos (which are very interesting by the way), it
looks like the Compact keyboard is made by a different manufacturer.
All the Master 128 keyboards I've dealt with have a green PCB with
soldered-in keyswitches. That's brown and looks rather a lot like it
might be a membrane keyboard - presumably because they can be made
with a lower profile which allowed them to get all that in the smaller
case.

It definitely makes me think of a Super Electron.

-- 
Alex Taylor