Looking for: Parts keyboard for chicklet PET (or just a "-" keycap)

Mike Stein mhs.stein at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 13:55:06 CST 2014


Which type of keyboard?

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From: "Josh Dersch" <derschjo at gmail.com>
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Subject: Looking for: Parts keyboard for chicklet PET (or just a "-" keycap)


> Made good progress with the PET; after fixing the video I got the reset 
> circuit humming again (a bad ceramic cap on the 555 trigger circuit) and 
> it fired right up after that, much to my surprise. And only 4 of the 18 
> 6550 RAMs are bad :).  Replaced a few terrible sockets and it's running 
> reliably, albeit with only 6K of RAM.
>
> The keyboard on this thing has suffered some abuse; the "-" keycap on the 
> numeric keypad has been broken off.  I figure it's a long shot, but does 
> anyone happen to have a spare "parts" quality keyboard they'd be willing 
> to sacrifice a "-" key from?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
> 



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