Kim / Commie keypads

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Apr 11 13:41:40 2001

Yes ... cannibalizing a PC keyboard might be a solution, provided you can come
up with a way to modify the keycap legends. MicroSwitch once made keyboard
switches that had an undersized keycap with a clear plastic cover that was
"normal" sized. You could put a paper legend underneath the clear cover,
obviously, and thereby avoid having to replace it all the time, not that
replacing it would be a big chore.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: Kim / Commie keypads


> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Ross Archer wrote:
>
> > But still I would like a "nice looking"
> > keypad, or at least "not amateurish".
> > So does anyone know where one might find
> > a "take a bunch of keycaps and fit into a plastic
> > grid to make your own keypad array" sort of kit?
>
> Maybe you can find an old calculator with a suitable keypad and
> cannibalize it? Or perhaps some old PC numeric keypad?
>
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