Re: Apple IIe speaker

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>]

Don Bruder wrote:

> Well, with the one I've got sitting here with caps removed, if that were 
> the case, it would be a simple matter to just "peel" the circuit board 
> off the keyswitch array. That most definitely ain't happening without 
> trashing the switches. Perhaps in another version of the //e keyboard, 
> but not the ones I've got. The switches are quite obviously soldered 
> down. It's quite evident that the keyboard I've got (and every Apple //e 
> keyboard I've ever looked at) was assembled in at least four steps, the 
> first two not needing to be in any particular order: 
>
> Step 1: "Stuff" the PC board portion with any discretes, jumpers, and so 
> on that are on it, including the cable socket.
>
> Step 2: "Stuff" the metal frame with the key-switches
>
> Step 3: Position the frame full of keyswitches wire leads through the 
> pre-drilled holes.
>
> Step 4: Wave-solder (or whatever actual method was used) the whole thing 
> together, and trim excess leads.
>
> For the case you're referring to, Step 1 would include stuffing little 
> "socket" connections like those used for the power-on lamp to receive 
> the leads from the key-switches. In that case, the keyboards would be 
> more or less a simple "snap-tite" construction after the soldering was 
> finished, and it would be about zero effort to "rip the back off it" 
> when you needed to do something with the key-switches themselves. 

The keyswitches are easily replaceable individually, I've done so
numerous times.

Simply remove the solder from the two leads. Then turn the keyboard over
and use a pair of needlenose pliers to squeeze the two "tabs" together
and pull the keyswitch out.


Wayne