When did double-shot keytops disappear?

[Scott Stevens]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:52:35 -0800
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> I was looking at a not-very-old HP keyboard today and noticed
> that the lettering on the keys is wearing away after only a few
> years of use.  
> 
> Another corner quietly cut, I suppose.
> 
> Used to be that keytops were double-shot molded, with the
> lettering all but indestructible.  Is this a practice that's
> gone forever, or is there still a vendor who makes keyboards the
> old way?
> 

Personally, I am hoping there is a hardware firm
("Carly-Packturd") that will cease to exist in that form (we want
the real 'Hewlett-Packard' back, and NOW!) and that all the other
keyboard vendors will continue doing keycaps the old way.