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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Rubber Spacers to Shorten Keyboard Throw?
Summary: BUT I DID REPLY!
Keywords: 520 1040 KEYBOARD ST
Message-ID: <934@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 89 20:47:20 GMT
References: <1915@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP))
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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In article <1915@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> ins_adba@jhunix.UUCP (Dom Alvear) writes:
>OK.  I am trying to get an answer to my question, but nobody seems to
>know or care.  I'll try one more time.

Well, I did reply, but I guess it never got to you.


>Back some time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away, there was a net
>posting that stated you could shorten the throw of the 520/1040
>keyboards by adding rubber spacers under the key assembly.  I was
>wondering if anybody might have captured this beast?  If so, would
>that kind soul please reproduce it here?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dom
>
>[Nope, I don't have a .signature file, I'm not that creative...]


I'm the one who came up with this nifty upgrade. 
I'll go over it once again.

Get a sheet of 1/16 inch thick rubber, punch out 20 washers using a
hole punch.  Put a small hole in the center of these washers.
Remove the keyboard assembly from your ST.  Look at the bottom.
See the small screws?  Take them out.  Place the washers on the inside
of the circuit board, using them to put a space between the circuit
board and the plastic keycap assembly (which the screw goes into when
you tighten it). 

If all was done right, the throw is reduced.  If you use those horrible
MegaTouch things, take them out.  The silicone contacts won't reach the
circuit board if they are in at the same time as the washers.




Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology | What I like :
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