18 Mar
2005
18 Mar
'05
6:05 a.m.
On Thu, 2005-03-17 15:22:48 -0800, Pete Edwards <stimpy.u.idiot at gmail.com>
wrote in message <11c909eb05031715225aa807d8 at mail.gmail.com>:
Quoth Paul Koning (i think), regarding LK401 some
weeks back:
It does.
Then again, if it's a stuck key or something
like that, the keyboard
is beyond repair. LK201 keyboards are cheesy low quality membrane
switches that cannot be disassembled or cleaned or repaired. If
moisture ever gets in them, your only option is to scrap the board. I
found this out the hard way.
Does the same apply to LK401 keyboards? I have one with a non-functioning key (try resetting passwords on VMS
when you can't get
a 'Z'....), and the melted-post construction seems the same. Am I best
just looking for a replacement and if so, anyone in the UK got a spare
I can make an offer for? Be nice to the moderators and contact me
off-list :)
LK201 and LK401 are (from the software point of view) mostly identical.
In fact, after a LK401 powers on, it's in LK201 mode and won't actually
send scancodes for the additional key(s) until it's switched to LK401
mode. So I guess you'd even use a LK201 to fix your password.. LK[24]01
keyboards are somewhat "common" on ePay, should be easy to get one
there if you cannot find another source.
If you cannot find one _at_all_, I'd probably write you a small emulator
for this keyboard to be used with any other machine which features a
serial port...
MfG, JBG
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