Re: Quirky Apple ][ keyboard behavior

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Charles Forbin" <sark314@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've got a '78 model Apple ][.  After a while, the keyboard (or
> whatever controls it) will decide on different letter for certain
> keys.  For example, "HOME" will become "HKIA."  The errors are
> consistent (i.e. "HOME" *always* becomes "HKIA"); if I wiggle the
> circuit board beneath the keyboard a little, the problem goes away.
> This isn't a really serious problem, only something that happens every
> half-hour to an hour or so, but it does mean I can't put much on top
> of the system since I keep having to wiggle the keyboard.  Any
> suggestions on causes and permanent fixes?

Have you tried cleaning the keyboard and its contacts??

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