Max Eskin wrote:
> This is semi-OT, but computers had these too (PDP-11 panel?)
> These are composed of a sheet of rubber with buttons stamped into
> it. On the other side of the sheet are black pieces of metal. After
> a while, these keypads start to wear out, and require more pressure
> or multiple tries. How can I fix this?
>
If you can get to the contacts, there's two ways...
One is to rubber cement tinfoil on in place of the old contacts (s)
The other is to get a ruber contact repair kit which allows you to
recoat the carbon coating. MCM Electronics has this.
The above works for rubber keys on telephones, video game controllers
and more,
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Received on Sat May 16 1998 - 23:03:15 BST