MAC ATTACK

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri Aug 7 21:54:16 1998

>Would any of you happen to have any spare keyboards or mice that you would
>be able to sell/trade? I would be thrilled to get this system fully
>functional again...

Unfortunatly I'm in need of spares at the moment my self, I guess it's time
for another Goodwill run, so I can't help you there. I've got a pair of
Pluses that I'm maintaining until cousins twin girls are older (they got
the computers when they were a year and a half).

>Any advice would be very much appreciated.

When getting the above mentioned computers running I discovered that it can
be a real pain to find fully functional Mac Plus keyboards. I also
discovered that it's handy to have one non-functional keyboard around, that
you can pull keys off of, and test to make sure they are good. Then when
you need to, you can replace a bad key. This takes a Soldering Iron, but
about the only skill you need is not to hit yourself with the Iron :^)

I've also repaired one of the fancy ADB keyboards (the ones that sell for
$160 new), in its case I had to refurbish the keys themselves. First I
unsoldered them, then got them working again and soldered them back on.
This is not a fun proceedure, and does require a little skill (but just a
little).

                        Zane
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