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From: george@swbatl.sbc.com (George D. Nincehelser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: help! my keyboard is drunk
Message-ID: <1990Aug25.171119.15812@swbatl.sbc.com>
Date: 25 Aug 90 17:11:19 GMT
References: <3804@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Reply-To: george@swbatl.UUCP (George D. Nincehelser)
Organization: Advanced Technology Laboratory - Southwestern Bell Telephone
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In article <3804@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> cspencer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Cliff Spencer) writes:
>A glass of wine was spilled on my Mac extended keyboard. I opened it and 
>cleaned all the circuit traces with alcohol, but the keyboard still 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   Seems a bit redundant, doncha think? :-)

>malfunctions. The power on key seems to be in a continuous "on" state. 
>The keycaps DA indicates that a number of other keys think that 
>they are pressed. I notice two chips inside. Does one of these typically fail?
>Is it cost effective to have the keyboard repaired? Should I just buy a
>Datadesk keyboard? 
>							-cliff

I'm not really recommending this, but I know a guy who had a similar
problem.  He bought a new keyboard and then, since he felt he had
nothing to lose, ran the old one through the automatic dishwasher
(top rack, I think, and I don't remember if he used detergent).

He says it works fine now, but he doesn't know what to do with it since
he bought a new one.  Maybe he'll sell it to you. ;-)
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