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Very cool project! I hope you do the keyboard too, because (in my opinion) that's the worst part of the C64. I see you're building the C64C form factor. I don't know if that has a different keyboard than the bread bin I have, so maybe yours already has a better typing experience than mine. And even if it's the same keyboard, the lower profile of the case must already make a huge difference. But building a nice keyboard for it with good switches will still make a big difference.


I'll definitely do the keyboard, actually I'm using the breadbin keyboard here because I think it looks neat. Commodore were pretty good at keeping things compatible. The motherboard was intended for breadbin as well, but fits fine in the C case.


How do you like typing on it? I wonder if I dislike typing on my breadbin only because of the height of the case, and the position it puts my wrists in.


I find it perfectly fine and acceptable for long periods of time, I think the original keyboard is quite good mechanically (springed keys with conductive rubber feet onto pcb pads), the ergonomics of the breadbin (I have an ultimate64 and a few real ones) is not my cup of tea, it ends up hurting my wrists after longer sessions, no such problem at all on the C64c models.


Hmm maybe I'll put a C64C on my list of "things to buy if they happen to pop up at a reasonable price".




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