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Acorn A5000 Keyboard

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Introduction

I have two different A5000 keyboards:

A5000 Keyboard 1

Acorn A5000 Keyboard top

 Acorn A5000 Keyboard (top)

Acorn A5000 Keyboard back

 Acorn A5000 Keyboard (back)

Acorn A5000 Keyboard (bottom)

 Acorn A5000 Keyboard (bottom)

Acorn A5000 Keyboard out of case

Acorn A5000 Keyboard out of case

The top of this Acorn A5000 Keyboard has yellowed in sunlight. The Reset button and the socket for the mouse are on the back of the keyboard. Feet can be folded out to adjust the angle of the keyboard. Note the long cable because the keyboard plugs into the back of the A5000. The serial number, on the bottom is 25-ALB22-1012971. In the bottom picture in the top right the label says "Brisbane Keyboard 192,900 1ssue 1", Brisbane was the Acorn project name for the A5000.

A5000 Keyboard 2

Acorn A5000 Keyboard top

 Acorn A5000 Keyboard (top)

Acorn A5000 Keyboard back

 Acorn A5000 Keyboard (back)  

Acorn A5000 Keyboard bottom

Acorn A5000 Keyboard (bottom)

Acorn A5000 Keyboard uncased top

Acorn A5000 Keyboard out of case (top) 

Acorn A5000 keyboard uncased bottom

 Acorn A5000 Keyboard out of case (bottom)

This A5000 keyboard has red function keys which BBC Microcomputer systems (i.e. BBC Micro, Master, Archimedes A300 and A3000) had, I don't know if this is a repaired keyboard with the "wrong" keyboard inside or an original Acorn item. The Reset button and the socket for the mouse are on the back of the keyboard. Feet can be folded out to adjust the angle of the keyboard. The serial number, on the bottom is 82-ALB32-1010151. In the bottom picture in the top right the label says "Brisbane Keyboard 192,900 1ssue 1", Brisbane was the Acorn project name for the A5000.