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Acorn Archimedes A300 Keyboard

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Acorn A300 Keyboard top

Acorn Archimedes A300 Keyboard (top)

Acorn A300 Keyboard back

Acorn Archimedes A300 Keyboard (back)

Acorn A399 Keyboard bottom

Acorn Archimedes A300 Keyboard (bottom)

Acorn A300 Keyboard uncased top

Acorn Archimedes A300 keyboard out of case (top)

Acorn A300 Keyboard uncased bottom

Acorn Archimedes A300 Keyboard out of case (bottom)

This keyboard is for an Acorn Archimedes A305 or Archimedes A310, the A400 & A400/1 keyboards have grey function keys and the Acorn logo on the right, where this keyboard has a label saying "British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System". The Archimedes A300 range replaced to BBC Micro/Master as the BBC sponsored microcomputer.

The keystrip holder is at the top of the keyboard (these often break off) and has a Computer Concepts Inter-Word keystrip in it. The Reset button and mouse socket are on the back of the keyboard. The keyboard mechanism is made by Keytronic. The Acorn part number is 0176,100.