Editing Wong's

{{stub}}
{{Infobox Company
| company_name     = Wong's Electronics Company Limited<br>王氏電子有限公司
| company_logo     = 
| vector_logo      =
| company_type     = 
| foundation       = 
| founder          = 
| location         = Hong Kong
| location_city    = 
| location_country = 
| key_people       = 
| industry         = 
| homepage         = 
| footnotes        =
}}

[[File:Brand logo--AWC.svg|thumb|200px|Logo used on keyboards]]

'''Wong's Electronics''' (Chinese: '''王氏電子有限公司'''), commonly referred to as '''Wong's''', is a Hong Kong manufacturer. Wong's was responsible for two of the keyboard types for the [[Acorn BBC Microcomputer]], as well as overflow manufacturing capacity for whole computers. The Hong Kong–made BBC Micros were denoted as being made by "Wong's Electronics Ltd, H.K.".<ref name="CA" /> Signature Plastics report that Wong's was a major customer.<ref name="corr-SP-1" />

Wong's is notable for being one of the few companies known to use [[Futaba linear switch]]es.

[[File:BBC Micro Type 1 -- Acorn branding.jpg|250px|thumb|AWC branding on a [[BBC Microcomputer]] keyboard]]

==Atari-Wong==
In 1980, Atari in China entered into a joint venture with Wong's to create Atari-Wong.<ref name="WTEC" /> The name can be found on the label on many Atari CX-2600 consoles.<ref name="CX-2600" />

According to the [[Computer service manual findings|Atari CX85 service manual]], the CX85 keyboard manufacturers were Hi-Tek (as of yet unseen variant) and Atari-Wong. The letters "AWC" found on an Atari 800XL keyboard appear to denote Atari-Wong,<ref name="AtariAge-600-800" /> although at no point did it match the company name. The full names in English were:

#ATARI - WONG LIMITED (Introduction on 1980-07-25 to 1982-09-23)
#ATARI INTERNATIONAL (HONG KONG) LIMITED (1982-09-24 to dissolution on 2003-03-14)

===AWC===
Previously, the logo found on keyboards was taken to denote AWC, as it differs from the current Wong's logo by having two additional, diagonal lines. As "AWC" is seldom seen, it makes more sense that the logo simply changed, that the logo represents Wong's, and AWC denotes Atari-Wong. This would explain why no other reference to "AWC" exists.

==Products==
*[[:Category:Wong's OEM keyboards|Wong's OEM keyboards]]

==External links==
*[http://www.wongswec.com/ Wong's Electronics]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="AtariAge-600-800">AtariAge Forums — [http://atariage.com/forums/topic/105170-600800xl-keyboard-variants/page__st__25 600/800XL Keyboard variants] (page 2)</ref>
<ref name="corr-SP-1">Correspondence with Signature Plastics, 2015-10-02</ref>
<ref name="CA">Chris's Acorns — [http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/BBCBHK.html Hong Kong BBC Microcomputer]</ref>
<ref name="WTEC">WTEC — [http://www.wtec.org/loyola/em/b_wec.htm Appendix B: Wong's Electronics Company, Ltd. (WEC)] (WTEC Panel Report on
Electronics Manufacturing in the Pacific Rim, Appendix B)</ref>
<ref name="CX-2600">Retro Games Collector — [http://www.retrogamescollector.com/how-to-tell-an-atari-cx2600-heavy-sixer-from-a-light-sixer/ How to tell an Atari CX2600 Heavy Sixer from a Light Sixer]</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Hong Kong brands & companies]]
[[Category:OEM companies]]
[[Category:List of all brands & companies]]