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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:07:00 +0000
From: g-wright at
att.net
Subject: Keybard repair help. Older terminals
I seem to have my share of Terminals that have bad keyboard parts.
3 that I'm working now have the same type of Keyboard. These
are Hazeltine 1500 and ADM 3As. These have an molded base
with fingers that stick up and a second square piece that slide into the base
and makes and breaks the finger contact. It also has a square opening in the
top for the key cap. So when someone drops a heavy object on the the key board
this intermediate piece cracks in the corners and binds in the base.
What I would like to find is a doner type of system that does not have
any value so I can rob the middle piece.. (typewiter) ???
Tandy (Archer) sold a Alpha-Numrtic keyboard that said it was made
for the TI 99/4 computer. It used the same switch type keyboard.
- Jerry
Jerry Wright
g-wright at
att.net
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I've got a few boxes full of keyboards & parts; any chance of a picture off-list?
mike