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   root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 08:36:29 JST root42

   What kind of weird keyboard is this? And do you want to see a repair of this machine?
   #commodore #c64

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     Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 08:36:28 JST Peter Krefting

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     @root42 Someone took VIC-20 keycaps and replaced the alphabetical keys from the C64 with those?

     The keyboards are identical; I got hold of a VIC-20 with a broken keyboard and happened to have a broken Commodore 64 to source a keyboard from. Didn't think of keeping the keycaps to do a mixed one, though.

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     Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 18:21:02 JST Peter Krefting

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     @root42 That looks like a standard C64-II keyboard. Here's an old picture of my 1988 C64-II:

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     root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 18:21:03 JST root42

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     • Peter Krefting

     @nafmo Check the Control key -- different labeling! I THINK the grey keycaps are new. They look quite different from anything I have seen so far. VERY interesting keyboard.

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     Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 20:24:55 JST Peter Krefting

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     @root42 The numerics and special keys, except for Return, looks like my 1988 Commodore 64. The Return key resembles my Commodore 16, but has the wrong colour.

     I found this page with various keyboard shots, but the Return key doesn't match any of them: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Commodore_64

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     root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 20:24:56 JST root42

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     • Peter Krefting

     @nafmo Take a closer look: The font on the return key and seeral others is quite different.