9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
11:29 a.m.
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Ross Archer wrote:
Hehe, brilliant reply.
I was hoping to do something more home-made
and customized to have the same layout.
The odds of getting that in a premade keyboard
are about the same as that crash actually
being deliberate from either side, which is
to say, low. But conspiracy theories are fun. :-)
Ok, so all kidding aside, your best bet is to probably find a batch of
surplus KIM-1 keyboards (this is not as far-fetched as you may
think...certainly less far-fetched than the idea of Jeffrey staying on
topic ;)
The next equally impossible suggestion is to find another KIM-1 that is
mostly junk and use it for parts.
I'll bet that the KIM-1 keypad was the same type that was used in one of
Commodore's pocket calculators. But even THOSE are pretty rare.
I guess you're SOL. Is it possible to unsolder the keypad and disassemble
it to clean the contacts?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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So this discussion isn't totally off-topic, does
anyone have
any suggestions on how to fix my dead KIM-1 keyboard?
Find a cheap Chinese-made replacement keyboard.