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Podcast Episode #78 - Creating a New Mechanical Amiga Keyboard with Liwei Guan

The Micronics is hard at work creating a new mechanical keyboard for the Amiga 500, 600, and 1200, and Liwei Guan is the person making it all happen. AJ and Joerg talk to her about how she got involved in the Amiga community, the logistics of creating a new keyboard, and the unique directions she's taking to get this done. (Interview begins at 10:19)

Links related to this episode:

• Micronics' Mechanical Keyboard on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/micronics/commodore-amiga-500-upgrade-new-mechanical-keyboard
• The Micronics: https://www.themicronics.com

Other stuff we mentioned:

• MechBoard64: http://www.breadbox64.com
• Of Ships and Scoundrels: http://ofshipsandscoundrels.com
• Star Trek: Springes to Catch Woodcocks: https://youtu.be/esVSHRy69Fk
• Quantumlink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link
• GEnie C64 Archives: ftp://8bitfiles.net/archives/genie-commodore-file-library/html/C64DemosListing.html
• The Squirrel's Nest: https://textfiles.meulie.net/artifacts/Large%20Commercial%20Networks/Quantum%20Link/The%20Squirrel%27s%20Nest%20-%20Remembering%20Q-Link%20(071904)(Archive)/www2.ari.net/jpurkey/c64files.html

33.3% fewer Martins:

• Joerg’s crap blog: http://nafcom.eu/
• Joerg on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nafcom
• Joerg on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nafcom

• AJ: http://justwestofhell.com
• AJ on Twitter: http://twitter.com/derision64
• AJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derision667/
• AJ's Dog is also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elmersworld/

Intro promo by The Guru Meditation: http://www.thegurumeditation.org
Music by Richard Bayliss: http://tnd64.unikat.sk

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