Best dust cover
Posted: 13 Apr 2021 19:40
Hi all,
I wish to keep the dust from gathering in and on my MTX, so I thought I'd go for one of the old-school dust covers that were ubiquitous in the 80s.
Given that the MTX was "niche"; which of the other more popular micros might have a cover that would fit? The MTX's well furnished and extensive keyboard is probably the problem as many of the common micros just don't have as many keys.
Any ideas or other machines I haven't considered?
Steve
I wish to keep the dust from gathering in and on my MTX, so I thought I'd go for one of the old-school dust covers that were ubiquitous in the 80s.
Given that the MTX was "niche"; which of the other more popular micros might have a cover that would fit? The MTX's well furnished and extensive keyboard is probably the problem as many of the common micros just don't have as many keys.
- I immediately thought of the CPC range, due to the built in cassette, but whilst they have the right width, they lack depth (by depth, I mean front to back measurement as opposed to height - the Z axis, if you imagine a typical cartesian 3d axis, with XYZ).
- The Commodore breadbin machines have the depth and height but are not wide enough, as is true for the Acorn Electron and Atari XL range.
- The later Spectrums and QL are also neither wide enough nor deep enough.
- Then there are the big machines, the BBC B, the Master and the Amiga and Atari ST. All too deep and not wide enough.
Any ideas or other machines I haven't considered?
Steve