14 Jun
2010
14 Jun
'10
7:49 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
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.
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.