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From: sukenick@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (SYG)
Subject: Re: removal of beer from keyboard
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.131710.20086@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
References: <1991Jun6.212840.20166@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1991 13:17:10 GMT

Maybe spilling some coffee will help it :-)

After you've given it up for dead, you might try this:

	Dip the entire thing in distilled water
for a while, then hang it out for a while and then put it into a
low temp. regulated oven (not sure what temp, but chips should be << 70 C;
I'm not sure about the plastic. ) for a day or two.

Another method may be to:
open it up, wipe up as much liquid as possible. Note the orientation
(write it down!)  and remove and chips in sockets and connectors,
wipe, let dry for a day, put back together.  If it still doesn't
work, you might take it apart again and take the keycaps off carefully
and drying each one (Be sure to remove debris; it's amazing what collects
inside of a keyboard!).

Or try a combination.

Don't forget to unplug it first :-).

If nothing works, I'd recommend a keytronics 105 plus; it's a full keyboard
and costs around $110.  I have the 105 and it works nice.

				good luck
					-george