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In article <784648697snz@bierman.demon.co.uk>, tim@bierman.demon.co.uk (Tim Bierman) says:
>
>Umm ... I wasn't saying it didn't make commercial sense to do this paring
>(though I hate to think just how mickey-mouse machines are going to get if
>it gets carried to its logical conclusion). Your arithmetic is wrong, though
>- I said 0.2 pence, or about $0.003. Multiplied by 102 gives 30.6 cents. I
>was guessing at a price, based on the fact that even in quantities of a few
>thousand, diodes are less than 0.5p even to people like me. Using surface
>mount multiple-diode packs should reduce it even lower than 0.3c.
>
>In the end, it's the customer's option. Personally, I'd pay a few more
>pounds/dollars for NKRO. Those who wouldn't pay this have to accept the odd
>missed character if they work at touch-type speeds.

My guess was a bit high, but you get the idea.  We aren't selling these 
keyboards to the public, we are selling to OEMs and VARs who insist on the 
best price at the expense of better quality.  As long as this is the case, 
and as long as the users who buy from these OEMs and VARs say nothing about 
keyboard quality, you won't see any hard contact keyboards with a diode at 
each switch position. 

My preference is the capacitive keyboard, but that is more expensive to 
manufacture and is being phased out by all keyboard companies.  Our 
capacitive boards were rated at 100 million keystrokes.  The newer hard 
contact boards are rated at a more conservative 10 to 30 million keystrokes. 
Newer ain't necessarily better.<G>

	Mike