Pull off one of the SOL keys. Note the spring and the key mounting mechanism. Go to your local surplus joint and go through their pile 'o' old keyboards, pulling a key off of each until you find one that uses springs -- Keytronic made essentially the same foam-pad mechanism for years and years, on PC keyboards. I found a suitable one quite easily, and replaced all of the foam in my SOL. Kai -----Original Message----- From: Marvin [mailto:marvin@rain.org] Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:51 AM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Sol-20 Keyboard Well, the saga continues. This unit does have the 85 key keyboard and the Sol-20 power supply so I don't know what to say about the model 10 on the nameplate. I took the keyboard apart last night and found both the sponge disintegrating and the metalized plastic that contacts the keyboard also has the metalization disappearing. Since I believe this is a capacitive type of keyboard, I can see why it didn't work. What have others on the list done to replace the plastic/sponge sandwich on this type of keyboard?