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From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Keyboard woes...
Message-ID: <10330142@accuvax.nwu.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 89 02:00:16 GMT
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Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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> OK, here's the situation: I was typing a paper when my phone rang.  I set my
> keyboard on my desk and rushed over to the stereo to turn it down, and as I
> was turning around I hear the sound of something plastic sliding off my desk.
> Surprise, surprise- my keyboard was sliding off the pile of papers on my desk!
> I managed to get a finger on it before it hit the ground, but no gold medal
> this time...

> So now I have four keys that are broken off and I don't know what the best
> option is.  The white plastic stem that actuates the switch underneath the key
> is broken in two, and I really don't want to have to buy a new keyboard.  Is
> my best bet to glue the key top back onto the stem, or is there an easy way to
> get a new stem (no, I haven't been smoking anything!)?  Thanks in advance...


Don't try to glue the keys back on. I have the same problem, ever since my cat
knocked my cassette holder onto my kepboard. I tried to Super-glue the keys
back on, and it didn't work. Worse yet, my eight key got glued down, making
it unusable, which especially a bitch in editors that use the keypad, like
this one.

So, learn from my mistake. Take it to an Apple dealer and try to get it fixed.
(I'll do this as soon as I can spare the keyboard... for now I touch type
and avoid eights).

Bob Hablutzel	Wildwood Software	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
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