Monterey International

Contents

• Overview
• Products
  • Keyboards
  • Keyboard encoders
    • AUM6868

Overview

Monterey International Corp. is (or was) computer systems manufacturer from Taiwan, specialising in the later years in input devices although they also sold complete PC systems. Their European sales mailbox has been full for years and unable to receive mail, and at the time of writing (December 2021) mail service for the Taiwan office is rejecting all mail (“500 5.0.0 Service unavailable” at end of message). At least one of their overseas subsidiaries has already vanished.

Monterey previously offered computer products under the Staff brand name, as noted in an advertisement in the APC 1987 Hardware Buyers Guide.

Products

Keyboards

Earlier models had single-digit numbers, e.g. K8, K9:

• K8AP (Apple II/IIe–compatible K8 variant), Model F AT layout, ca. 1985
• K7S, Model F XT layout, Mitsumi switches, ca. 1986
• K9AX (K9 variant), DEC LK201 layout, Mitsumi switches

Later models used a new range that appears to have started with the well-known K101.

Keyboard encoders

AUM6868

AUM6868 is a keyboard encoder found in at least two Monterey keyboards.