29 Apr
2013
29 Apr
'13
5:33 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Mike van Bokhoven <mike at fenz.net> wrote:
Vague memories from 25 or 30 years ago, and maybe from the wrong
model of II... the keyswitches have a couple of little tabs on each side
on the keycap side (top) of the KB. They need to be squeezed in to
release the keyswitch. If they are, and the pins are free, the keyswitch
should come out, but they usually need a fair bit of persuading even
then.
Speaking of which, I need some replacement keyswitches and caps
for IIs and IIes. The Reset cap for a II Plus for a start. There are
differences between the keyswitches between models too, but I don't
recall how significant they are.
(And top-posting... for some reason
this webmail client won't let me do anything else. Hooray for that.)
On 30/04/2013 09:06, Jules Richardson wrote:
points bent, and in testing switches
around the damaged area I've found
> Anyway, is
it just a case of desoldering the switch and prying it out of
careful coaxing and it didn't want to
move, but I don't want to try more
> force if it's the wrong approach.
> cheers
> Jules
I just had to pull a key switch out of my IIc and it was an easy job. Just
4 solder joints. There was some oxidation on the inside of the switch.
After I cleeeeeeeeaned it off it stoppeeeeeeed typing likeeeeeeeee this.
--
Sent from My Hippopotamus
I acquired an Apple
IIe at the dump the
other day (and a pair of IIgs
machines, sans
keyboards/mice - more on
those later, probably).
Something heavy
has been dropped on the keyboard - there's no damage to the
keytops
(amazingly), but the keyboard PCB
is cracked and the frame mounting
that the '=' key is permanently shorted
(I assume it took the brunt
of the
impact from whatever-it-was, unless the switches
in these
machines are
> prone to decay and subsequent shorting).
the
metal frame, or is there more to it
than that? I did try a little