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From: v089pfrb@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeffrey C Murphy)
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Subject: Re: 'c', 'space', and '.' key not working right. fix?
Keywords: keyboard, 2500/30
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Date: 6 Mar 91 22:16:08 GMT
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In article <3547@ux.acs.umn.edu>, stu00@ux.acs.umn.edu (Stuart Stanley) writes...
> 
>    Hello,
> 
>I am having a problem with the keyboard on my (1 year old) 2500/30.  The
>'c', 'space', and '.' key all seem to be failing.  The wierd part is that
>they work, but you have to hold the key down for longer than normal for it
>to work.  If the key is struck (relatively) hard, I usually get it to work
>also.
> 

  Pop off the key cap and the white cap under it. If you see two little contacts
sticking up vertically then the problem is with fatigue in the contacts. Press
them gentley together a few times, then replace the white cap and the key 
itself. The space bar is a bit of a pain to get back on. 

JM