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Subject: Re: Help.  I need a II+ keyboard
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Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 08:29:06 EST
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There are two basically different II+ keyboards - the old original and
the so-called "two-piece" keyboard.  The latter has all the logic chips
on a small second pc board which is attached loosely to the back of the
pc board on which the keys are mounted.

If you have the old one-piece keyboard, forget it.  The decoder chip is
long out of production and is no longer available unless you are lucky
and find one in somebody's bottom drawer.  for a while, Apple was
offering a good trade-in deal in which authorized dealers would swap a
new keyboard for an old for about $40.  this was a couple of years ago,
but you might ask some questions and see if you can talk someone into
this.

The newer keyboard has a more conventional decoder and you might
actually be able to buy a replacement chip.  Call a couple of apple
repair shops, get connected to their head repair person, and ask some
questions.  I don't think it is a unique apple part, and one of the
hardware gurus may know where you can buy it cheaper from a parts
distributor.

/Dave