29 Dec
2005
29 Dec
'05
10:12 p.m.
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:20:28 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
Also, it could turn into a scene of enthusiasts for one type of
machine butchering the last extant keyboard for some other
hard-to-find machine for these components.
Someone needs to come up with a solution using current available
materials.
The following site seems to think that you can use junker Sun 4 keyboards
for parts:
Keytronics keyboards turn up on all sorts of machines (I've come across
them on PERQ 2's, Apricots, Tekky workstations, etc). And from what I've
seen the mylar/foam disk assemblies are all the same size
However, these parts decay naturally, whether the keyboard has been used
or not. I'd be a bit careful about spending money on an old keyboard to
get them. They may well be useless, or fail again in a short time.
-tony