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From: dmt@mtunb.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Keyboard problem (how to maintain)?
Message-ID: <970@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 08:57:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: mtunb.970
Posted: Fri Jun 19 08:57:36 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 07:19:26 EDT
References: <3914@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: dmt@mtunb.UUCP (Dave Tutelman)
Organization: AT&T Information Systems - Lincroft, NJ
Lines: 29
Summary: ...with a small screwdriver.

In article <3914@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> mic@lapis.berkeley.edu(Michel Bruneau) writes:
>The  's' key on my keyboard is almost dying (it need more attentive touching
>than the rest of the keys in order to print).  Now I know that AT&T keyboards
>are not worth a piece of -hit, but still, I wish to know how to repair 
>myself this little inconvinience (a technicien servicing would
>cost more than the price of a new keyboard).  
	(In the description that follows, consider the keyboard to be
	lying flat in front of you, with you facing north.  "Up" means
	away from the earth, "north" means away from you.)

	Use a small screwdriver to remove the key, as follows.  There
	are two small plastic tabs that lock the key to the keyboard,
	north and south of the key; the one to the north is easier
	to see, but the other is just like it.  Use the screwdriver
	to press the tabs in, and slide the key up and out.  Clean
	out the dust and oxidation where the key contact hits the
	keyboard contact, then snap the key back in.

	I've had to do this to about one or two keys a year with my
	AT&T keyboard.  Well worth it for a comfortable and fairly
	well laid-out keyboard.  (That's the 302; I share your opinion
	of the 301, though cleaning works the same way.)

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