16 Jun
2013
16 Jun
'13
1:14 p.m.
I dropped a book on my AViiON keyboard and snapped off the "/" key on
the keypad. No huge loss obviously but, it is annoying with the empty
space there. I figured DG probably bought the keyboards from a keyboard
manufacturer with a custom layout. Even uses a PC AT style connector. I
took a good keycap off and it doesn't look like one I've seen before.
The rubber dome goes between the key and the keyswitch. Anyone seen this
type of keyboard before and know which PC's may have come with them ?
Better yet have a compatible key ? I don't even really care that it is a
"/" just something to plug that ugly hole.
Which part is broken? The keyswitch or the keycap. With a lot of
keyboards (it doens't sound like this is one of them) the keycap fits
over a thin tab o nthe switch actuator. Noramlly the tab breaks if
there's a mishap. With care you can extract the remains of the tab fro
mthe step of the keycap and only have to find a keyswitch (which may be
easier than finding the right keyvap as well).
I have seen a keyboard wit hthe rubber domes on top of the chassis, but I
can't for the life of me rememebr where. If it comes to me, I will let
you know.
As an aside, I once dropped a heavy soldering station (turned off...) on a
TRS-80 Mdoel 3 keyboard. The keyswichest and caps all survived, but the
impact bent the metal frame (not too much a of a problem) and one of the
support pillars in the computer case punched a nice (!) hole through the
SRBP PCB. I had to add a lot of jumper wires to get that one going again.
-tony