Is there anyone that can explain why the qwerty row and the numeric part is still in the correct (original) colour and the rest not?



- Q

Probably because some keys were broken or the prints were becoming kind of invisible and were replaced with keys from another keyboard (probably disfunctional otherwise why not simply replaced the keyboard ) which has seen less sunlight and wear. Sounds like a sound theory?

~Grauw

This is a problem that affects (almost) all Philips external keyboards, so Grauw: even though your theory sounds plausible; it won't be true for all those discoloured keyboards...

owh .

Then the supply line to the 'qwerty' and 'numpad' keys mounting robot might have come from a different (older/newer) batch which used a different kind of plastic, reacting better to sunlight exposure?

Another nice theory .

~Grauw

I think that's correct.

That was my guess as well... Boring story though...
Wammes... is this food for a next x-mas story?

-Q

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Is there anyone that can explain why the qwerty row and the numeric part is still in the correct (original) colour and the rest not? - Q

Hey, that's mine!

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That was my guess as well... Boring story though... Wammes... is this food for a next x-mas story? -Q

mwahaha!

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Is there anyone that can explain why the qwerty row and the numeric part is still in the correct (original) colour and the rest not?

I do not know why most Philips external keyboards have this difference in color, but most do.

Cleaning may make it less visible: remove all caps, put those in a linnen bag and wash it in the washing machine.

reburhised parts like dell systems (LOL)

WHatever...my theory is that the ENTIRE MIDDLE ROW can basically be thrown out of the msx,no one has use for those letters anyway....
See? this person obviously smoked...and...had dirty fingers from it too...yet,he already discovered that there's no point in using qwertyuiop....
I mean,honnestly people,I know you all NEVER EVER have to use the keys,so why not be fair to kuuno? Kuuno,listen...don't take any of these comments accept mine for the truth...the thing is we have a little secret and we ain't gonna tell your what it is,but it's DEFINATELY got something to do with your "weird" keyboard..... (okay grauw,he's gone....u can come out of the attic now)

WHOUUUHAHHAHAAAA !!!!

I think it had something to do with localizations of that keyboard for different European markets. It's the row that says QWERTY in Holland /UK/US, AZERTY in France and QWERTZ in Germany. Basically they needed different rows, different keys. That probably meant different suppliers or batches. One of those suppliers probably fucked up.

pffff too obvious....there's a much darker secret behind this all...ISN'T THERE???

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I think it had something to do with localizations of that keyboard for different European markets. It's the row that says QWERTY in Holland /UK/US, AZERTY in France and QWERTZ in Germany. Basically they needed different rows, different keys. That probably meant different suppliers or batches. One of those suppliers probably fucked up.

I think that this is probably correct. Many other computers of the time have similar differences in their keyboards. My SVI-728 for example, 1/3 of it's keys (all numerals and special scandinavian letters) are of a diffirent type with see-thru plastic tops and paper underneath for the actual letters/symbols. This modifications was made by the company that imported these machines to Finland, it was not a factory made modification. Only some later machines like Amiga's have factory made "special" keyboards and these are only for some quite large areas like Germany and Spain, us here in Finland still had to pay for the importer to get a scandinavian keyboard.

This is just what i think about this thing, more theories are welcome!

my theory is that a magnetic field is created under that row of keys due to the internal circuitry...therefor it attracts dust more easily there so it looks more greyish...prove me wrong suckers !!!