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From: jsf@psueclb.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: AARGH! Keyboard problems!
Message-ID: <1300@PSUECLB>
Date: 22 Oct 88 01:21:48 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University
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The keyboard on my Atari 130 XE is shot. Took it apart to figure out why, and it
turned out one of the little 'lines' on that plastic sheet inside the
keyboard was broken (partially). Well we rubbed over it a few times with
a big fat soft pencil and it worked! well, temporarily. After a while it
stopped working again, so we tried various other remedies, none of which
has helped any.

So the question is:


Where can I get one of those plastic sheets that goes inside the keyboard
and looks like a pc board? Or, just as useful, where can I get a (cheap)
keyboard that will fit in the case and is connector-compatible? The general
deisgn of that keyboard is very flimsy, so i'd prefer a REAL type.

Please reply via e-mail if at all possible since I don't read this group
regularly.


Thanks in advance,
John Faber

jsf@ecl.psu.edu (internet)
jsf@psuecl.bitnet (bitnet)
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