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On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 4:22:25 PM UTC-4, Robert Bernardo wrote:
> I forwarded to Brian the following questions from another user -- 
> 
> * does he have a prototype created yet? 
> 
> * has he found a manufacturing company and gotten a ballpark estimate 
> for the project 
> 
> * is he recreating or enhancing the keyboard? 
> 
> * does GoFundMe also have a tier level like Kickstarter (i.e. throw in 
> $100 and you get a keyboard, $165 for two keyboards) 
> 
> * has he matched the color of an original keyboard to a modern day color 
> for production, are there other colors available (sacrilegious!) 
> 
> * what does $15K get the community? it's not clear, does the project 
> result in an open source product or just some cash for him? 
> 
> * does the keyboard have enhancements like processing onboard via an 
> ardurino/RPI CM/PLA which then allow its use as a USB device for 
> PCs/Macs/or ideally other old retro platforms (VIC-20/C-64/Amiga/TI99 4A/ST) 
> 
> * how will this work with a non-US C128D?, that will need slightly 
> different keycaps, where are the translations/lanuages for the keyboard 
> - in ROM? 
> 
> No reply from Brian yet, 
> Robert Bernardo

Unfortunately at this time I am unable to continue this project.  I hope to
resume this in the future as I feel it is a good endeavor. Thank you for your
interest in this project.  I also received some good suggestions in the
comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. I 
have requested a refund to the two members that supported the effort.

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