14 Jun
2010
14 Jun
'10
12:36 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
IIRC the BBC micro did...
But foreign matter is usually the problem. Today
I ate an oatmeal
cookie over my model M and the return key stuck. Turning the
keyboard upside down and giving it a couple raps on the desktop
dropped the crud out.
It's bad design on IBM's part that they didn't come with foreign matter drain
holes at either end of the case :-)
My M is due another clean, I think - it's started to take on that "mottled
dark gray" appearance.
I've found the nutdriver in my Xcellite System 99 kit fits with no problems.
Buyt once you've got the casing off, disassembling and even more reassembling
the sandwich is the hard part.
-tony
If you really need to open it up, a 7/32"
thinshell nutdriver or
socket--most are too thick to completely fit down the recess. Snap-
on, Sears and K-D carry them.
That's useful; I don't have any and had wondered where to get them. I'd
briefly wondered about buying a cheap 'regular' set and grinding them down as
necessary.