Re: malfunctioning IIe keyboard!

[dchiu@best.com (David C.W. Chiu)]

ntodd@emory.edu (Norman Wendell Todd, Jr., MD) wrote:

>My 13 year old IIe has worked faithfully, but this month has manifested
>two keys that won't respond.  The keys are the up and down arrow keys.

>I've tried spraying about the keys with electonic contact cleaner, to no avail.
>I would appreciate any advice as to how to fix this problem.

For the time being, use ctrl-k and ctrl-j as work around. Call Alltech and
purchase a couple of key switches for $5 each. Desolder the bad key switches
and solder in the acquired switches in their place.
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