[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Scott Dorsey]

Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 12/27/2018 1:53 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <q007ms$9oq$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
>> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>
>>> So Phillip, what are your suggested solutions.  First, you wish VSI to
>>> provide a GUI with VMS.  And now you want a "true" VT style keyboard.
>>> Just who are you asking to provide this keyboard?
>>
>> What does a keyboard cost?  $10?  Probably less.  This shouldn't even be
>> an issue.  Hopefully I can connect one of my LK keyboards via some sort
>> of adapter into an x86 system running VMS.
>
>No, the real question is what does it take to set up a production line 
>for a specific keyboard, and to sell enough to make it other than a vast 
>money pit.

It's harder than that, because there are basically three technologies 
involved.  If you make a few keyboards, it's cost-effective to use
mechanical switches because your up-front engineering cost is really just
board layout... if you make a lot you go to a totally different technology
where you have high up-front costs molding the rubber pads but lower per
unit costs.  And in-between, dome spring switches are a win.
--scott


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