Date   : Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:19:52 +0000
From   : chris@... (Chris Johns)
Subject: Wong's Electronics as keyboard manufacturer

One could argue Hong Kong was British at the time of the BBC Micro :)

Cheers

Chris

On 16/12/2013 10:17, nicola giacobbe wrote:
> Really interesting,
> I believed the BBC micro was an all-british micro (apart from some chips,
of course).
>
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:19:30 +0100, Daniel Beardsmore <public@...>
wrote:
>> There's an AWC keyboard at the bottom of this page:
>> http://atariage.com/forums/topic/105170-600800xl-keyboard-variants/page-2
>>
>> Notice that there's an AWC monogram on the PCB.
>> That's the exact same monogram that appears on the Type 1 (Futaba) and
Type 4 (SMK) keyboards:
>> http://wouter.bbcmicro.net/pictures/computer/keyboard/index.html
>>
>> Close-up of my Type 1 branding:
>> http://deskthority.net/wiki/File:BBC_Micro_Type_1_--_Acorn_branding.jpg
>>
>> Until now I've just presumed that the monogram represented somebody at Acorn.
>> I just dug up Wong's Electronics again -- take a look at their logo:
>> http://www.wongswec.com/
>>
>> Whoever AWC were, they seem to be related to Wong's Electronics, and both
are in Hong Kong. Wong's logo contains a modified monogram with the strange
"A" shape replaced with a "W" for "Wong's".
>> So we know that the Type 1 keyboard was made by AWC/Wong's of Hong Kong,
not Futaba. The Type 3 keyboard ("PED") is unbranded. The Type 2 keyboard
is SMK branded.