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From: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Re: Keyboard Problem
Message-ID: <325@uwslh.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 88 16:08:21 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison, State Hygiene Lab
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> Can onw just pull up on a key to get the keycap off??? They seem VERY tight,
> I could not for the life of me get a keycap off....HELP! :>
>
>          - Doug -
>
>  Doug_B_Erdely@Portal.Cup.Com

Yes.  I cleaned my keyboard a couple weeks ago (the only other place I
have seen more cat hair collect is on a cat!), and toyed with the idea
of pulling the caps off.  Being the adventurous (or stupid) type, I
yanked about half of the little suckers to clean the keyboard with
more ease.  It *does* work (on an old a1000, at least).

However, I question the wisdom of this, as it appears to me that the
keyboard caps would "wear out" after pulling them off so often.  Not
to mention the stress I had to put on the buttons themselves getting
some of the key caps off.  I've taken a lot of things apart, but I
think I will find a better way to clean my keyboard in the future.

Any comments from Commodore people?  Is it safe to pull the key caps
off, say, twice a year?  Is there any difference between the various
keyboards (well, *obviously* there is *some* difference, but how 'bout
in the manner the caps are stuck to the bodies of the keys?).  Anyone
out there an engineer who has designed keyboards, and if so, do you
have any advice?

					-Chris

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         Chris Lishka            /{seismo|harvard|topaz|...}!uwvax!uwslh!lishka
Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene  { lishka%uwslh.uucp@rsch.wisc.edu
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