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From: TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: *Real* IBM keyboards for sale
Message-ID: <90149.023556TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET>
Date: 29 May 90 07:35:56 GMT
References: <65750@cc.utah.edu>
Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
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>I got a real IBM-PC in 1981.  It had a real IBM keyboard.
>The keyboard lasted about a year.  IBM said they couldn't
>repair it; I had to replace it.  It seems that if you take
>the back off, it goes sproing and cannot be put back
>together again, like Humpty Dumpty.  So, I replaced it

We take those things apart all the time for cleaning, etc.  The
secret is to take all the keycaps off before opening the keyboard.
This releases the tension in the springs which otherwise causes
things to go flying when the keyboard comes apart.


Thomas Dwyer III                            TOMIII   @ MTUS5.BITNET
Computing Technology Services               DWYERIII @ MTUS5.BITNET
Michigan Technological University
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