Re: Apple ][+ keyboard parts help

["Christopher Ryan" <nogard@cishollywood.com>]

Well I actually busted the ribbon cable accidently (broke one of the pins), 
was thinking of trying to solder it back on, but a new one would be easier 
(laziness is being factored in).  But before I did break this, I did have 
several keys that failed.  I did some cleaning and constant pressing and was 
able to revive some of them.  But there are a few that just wont work.

-Chris

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> Christopher Ryan wrote:
>> Well I finally have the time to go through my collection and try to get 
>> the tiny problems resolved on my Apples.  At the moment I have an 
>> Apple ][+ that has a few bad key switches.  It also has a bad ribbon 
>> cable that run from the encoder board to the motherboard.
>
> The symptom of a bad ribbon cable could be faulty keyboard
> operation.  Is the "bad keyswitch" symptom that nothing
> happens, or does it just produce an incorrect keycode?
>
> -michael
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