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Re: IIe keyboard problems
- Subject: Re: IIe keyboard problems
- From: Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:47:57 +0000 (UTC)
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Yes some of the keyboards jam with age, grunge etc. The best thing to do is
find an old PC keyboard that uses the same type of keys as the Apple and
desolder the old keys and rplace them. See even PCs help REAL computers :-))))
On 9 Jun 2001 15:56:57 GMT, ikanja@yahoo.it wrote:
>
>
> Hello everybody.
> First of all let me apologize for my English.
> I recently brougth home an AppleIIe. It is a PAL model and it isn't
> enhanced. I attached the IIe to a monitor and turned it on. It seems
> working but there are some troubles with the keyboard.
> the fact is that when I press a key (doesn't matter wich key) the
> correspondent character appears continually on the screen just like I would
> keep the key pressed down. I can't imagine where the problem is, maybe some
> electric contact somewhere or could the problem be with the keyboard ROM?
> I'm wandering if there's somebody wich already has had the same problem or
> that could guess where the problem is.
>
> Also I found a card in slot 4 that I don't recognize. There's written "STS
> ELECTRONICS EPAD LC" on it and has a 40pin connector. Do you know what is
> it?
>
> Greetings,
> Igor
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