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From: hull@hao.ucar.edu (Howard Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 Keyboard
Summary: Take it Easy on that stuff
Keywords: DeOxy warning - habit forming
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Date: 10 Sep 89 23:44:43 GMT
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Reply-To: hull@hao.UCAR.EDU (Howard Hull)
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Whad'ya mean _squirt_ some of the TV Tuner Cleaner into the keys?  Some of
those cleaners contain an oxidant emulsifier and a weak etchant.  Others are
teflon filled non-conducting oils or silicons.  When Fabbian Dufoe says use a
drop on the white shaft, he not only means it, he means a small drop (about a
millimeter in or two in diameter will do).  If you use too much of the teflon
variety (for lube applications) or the DeOxy product (for switch electrical
contact anti-oxidant applications), bad things may be in your Amiga keyboard's
future.  One good suggestion that someone posted to the net a long time ago
is to put a few drops on a thread, drop a loop of the thread down over the
key and then see-saw the thread lightly back and forth along the lower part of
the shaft from a couple of different angles (i.e., the bottom and the right).
One other thing - the experience I've had with these products would tend to
indicate that as far as your keyboard is concerned, they're habit forming...
						Howard Hull
						hull@hao.ucar.edu