# Would it be able to change the French 6128 plus to english keyboard? **URL:** \ **Category:** CPC hardware\ **Tags:** 6128-plus\ **Created:** [September 19, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476 "2026-09-19T16:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/1 "2026-09-19T16:11:28Z")
Hi, I am still looking for a 6128 plus to add to my collection. Unfortunately the only available ones are the french versions with the AZERTY keyboard. Comparing both keyboards, then english and french version, I could mod the keyboard (e.g. replace the keys). However some keys are entirely different and might not exist. What about the key hight on the 6128 plus. Are all keys in all rows the same hight, so could I exchange just the A key with the Q key? or are the different hight? ---
**Author:** ![eto](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/eto/32/24_2.png) [@eto](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/eto)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/2 "2026-09-19T20:47:48Z")
They are (unfortunately) not the same height/angle. But you could try the normal 6128 keys instead. If I am not mistaken, the keyboard is identical. ---
**Author:** ![overange](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/overange/32/249_2.png) [@overange](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/overange)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/3 "2026-09-19T20:59:46Z")
> [@SerErris](#): > > 6128 plus What about the PCW 9512 keyboard keys? An example I found on ebay. ![image](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/ed2cfc0395652dbe1c67ac669f55379766d25ac9.jpeg) Last year I had a 6128 Plus, and that one had stickers over the keys to make it QWERTY, if can find the photos I will put them up. ---
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/4 "2026-09-20T12:13:18Z")
Uhh … no stickers. Thanks for the suggestion, but I hate stickers. I had some on my CPC in the late 80s for some geman keys, which I actually never used 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/5 "2026-09-20T12:14:18Z")
Thanks ETO, yes I think the layout of the 6128 is pretty much identical, however I am not sure if really the same keys. Will do some more research on it. And it also would need to sacrifice a 6128 for that, which is also an option I do not like too much. ---
**Author:** ![Devlin](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/devlin/32/19_2.png) [@Devlin](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Devlin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/6 "2026-09-20T13:34:17Z")
Would it be worth looking for a 6128+ UK keyboard on its own as “spares”? Even then, that way if it doesn’t work, you’ll still have a full set of uk caps to put on your working keyboard and the one that doesn’t will be able to go on “the pile” to be fixed later? ---
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/7 "2026-09-23T19:06:18Z")
Probably that would work, however I never have seen a 6128+ or 464+ keyboard as standalone. ---
**Author:** ![Devlin](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/devlin/32/19_2.png) [@Devlin](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Devlin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/8 "2026-09-23T23:50:12Z")
For something like this, it’s often a matter of waiting for one to come up, or asking around and hoping someone’s got spare parts. ---
**Author:** ![eto](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/eto/32/24_2.png) [@eto](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/eto)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/9 "2026-09-24T09:16:46Z")
Over the last 5 years I saw exactly once that someone sold replacement keyboards for the Plus. I was lucky enough to get one from him and swapped my FR to a UK keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/10 "2026-09-27T16:20:40Z")
Was that a new keyboard, or was that just a keyboard ripped from a dead machine? ---
**Author:** ![eto](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/eto/32/24_2.png) [@eto](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/eto)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/11 "2026-09-27T18:41:25Z")
Official NOS replacement part. ---
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/12 "2026-10-01T15:59:16Z")
would love to get my hand on it … never seen any. ---
**Author:** ![dodogildo](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/dodogildo/32/31_2.png) [@dodogildo](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/dodogildo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/13 "2026-10-01T17:20:59Z")
Buy this 464 Plus and cannibalize the keyboard. (Reminder: Retrobright works great with the Plus) > **[Pardon Our Interruption...](https://www.ebay.com/itm/117435987488?mkevt=1&mkcid=16&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=UCUVi_lKQ2i&ssspo=H3-wOs1NThS&stype=1&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY)** ---
**Author:** ![SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/sererris/32/227_2.png) [@SerErris](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/SerErris)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/would-it-be-able-to-change-the-french-6128-plus-to-english-keyboard/476/14 "2026-10-03T09:42:31Z")
Thanks for the catch. It looks like someone did exactly the same job - took a french machine and exchanged some keys.