Re: Looking for a new USB-A PC104 keyboard.

On Mon, 7/13/2026 9:12 PM, Ant wrote:
> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> On the $65 keyboard, there are no signs of wear yet.
> 
> Which one do you have? I think I missed it? 
> 
> Let's see how long this new cheap keyboard will last. :P I noticed its USB 
> cable is very thin like my new KVM's cables. I bet they won't last long. 
> Both have three years warranties though. :/
> 

It's an XPG Infarex K20. Year 2018. I expect this was a clearance
item, as they don't make those any more. When I bought it, it might
have been out of production for a year or two.

There is sufficient competition in kbd/mice, to erode your market
position over night. You cannot sit at the top of the heap for
very long, before someone tries to eat your lunch.

Since most of the customers buy the $25 keyboard, there isn't
much point stocking $65 keyboards.

The most I paid for a keyboard, was $150 for an Apple Extended keyboard.
If they'd used screws instead of rivets, I would have been quite
happy with the thing, but I couldn't take it apart well enough to
clean it. Whereas membrane keyboards, can be cleaned repeatedly,
with no key-sticking problems. They may not be "nice" keyboards,
but you cannot ruin one with a spilled Coke.

   Paul