13 May
2007
13 May
'07
12:48 a.m.
On 12 May 2007 at 20:29, Jim Leonard wrote:
My best-condition 83-key keyboard suddenly developed a
bum spacebar,
right in the middle of writing some documentation. Before I unscrew
the two screws on back to open it up and take a look, can anyone tell
me if this is a common condition and if it's relatively easy to fix?
I've *never* had a buckling-spring keyboard develop a bad key (maybe I
haven't had enough frustrating debugging sessions yet ;-) so I'm at a
slight loss as to how to start repairing it. Was there a tech ref for
the keyboard at one point, perhaps?
There was a tech ref, but it won't tell you how to get inside or
service it. I don't even know if IBM FE's did anything with them.
I repaired an 83 key model once and, as I recall, I was *darned*
happy to finally get it back togethere again. It's not work for the
faint of heart.
Maybe you should just pry the spacebar keycap off and see if you got
something caught under it.
----------- Mildly OT question.
I'm typing this on a Model M with Wang branding, Model 1397721. It's
got a molded-in grill on the bottom for a small (maybe 1.5") speaker,
but no speaker. Any idea what this was used for (and can I add a
speaker)?
Cheers,
Chuck "clickety-clickety-click"