Silicon Sam wrote:
From my service days, I still have a pile of new keyswitches left. Odd ones like the Caps Lock keyswitch for //e, /// and //c. Even a bunch for that horrendous //c keyboard with the spring on the top part of the keyswitch. Pretty much most of the style of keyswitches what Apple offered, even some of the oddball ones they used on the //e. Someday I'll put a list together with pics.
I was pretty impressed with the quality of the switches on the Apple //e that I have. The units are completely sealed, so it's not going to fail from dirty contacts. And the mechanical arrangement meant that it was never going to fail purely from abuse (smashing the keys) either. I'm surprised it failed at all, and I suspect it was ultimately fatigue from a *lot* of key presses.
Regards, -- | Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it | <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"