Re: ][ + control key locked

[Bob Keyes <bobk@sinister.com>]

wshek@ibm.net wrote:
> 
> Anyone have any experience with keyboard encoder chips and such?
> 
> I have a ][+ with a keyboard symptomatic of control key always pressed when
> it isn't. ie. press the single key 'g' get beep....press 'm' get cr etc.
> Keyboard appears to be functioning properly by process of elimination but I
> don't have another encoder chip to try.
> Has anyone purchased parts for a ][+ recently? Would like as near original as
> possible.

It might be a broken key-switch. If that is the case:

I had a ][+ that had a broken P key. I was able to unsolder that
keyswitch from the keyboard and replace it with the one from my right
Shift key.
(It is the only redundant key on the apple keyboard). Of course, the
system now looks like a smile with a missing tooth, but it works.

--Bob Keyes