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From: gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: How to fix keyboard?
Message-ID: <3799@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 27 Nov 89 14:51:02 GMT
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In article <4136@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, sauder@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (8908) writes:
> >I have a c64, vintage about 1986, whose space bar does not function
> >every time it is struck; frequently, it takes serveral taps to get a space.
> >The key does not seem to stick, or show any other obvious mechanical problem.
> >Has anyone had experience fixing similar problems?
> >

I found that taking the keyboard apart and cleaning the keys didn't help much.
What I had to do was replace the rubber parts which are attatched to the 
keycaps. It is a simple matter to pry the keycaps off with a screwdriver. For
replacements, Radio Shack used to sell some old Commodore 16 Keyboards for about
$3.00 each. You may still be able to find some. These are almost indentical
to a c64 keyboard, and you can rewire the matrix a bit to get it to work-though
the restore key will be missing.


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BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
"I know my familiar is a vampire duck, just don't mess with it."
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