Sol-20 Keyboard

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Fri Jun 18 13:03:37 1999

Pull off one of the SOL keys. Note the spring and the key mounting
mechanism. Go to your local surplus joint and go through their pile 'o' old
keyboards, pulling a key off of each until you find one that uses springs --
Keytronic made essentially the same foam-pad mechanism for years and years,
on PC keyboards.

I found a suitable one quite easily, and replaced all of the foam in my SOL.

Kai

-----Original Message-----
From: Marvin [mailto:marvin_at_rain.org]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:51 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Sol-20 Keyboard



Well, the saga continues. This unit does have the 85 key keyboard and the
Sol-20 power supply so I don't know what to say about the model 10 on the
nameplate.

I took the keyboard apart last night and found both the sponge
disintegrating and the metalized plastic that contacts the keyboard also has
the metalization disappearing. Since I believe this is a capacitive type of
keyboard, I can see why it didn't work. What have others on the list done to
replace the plastic/sponge sandwich on this type of keyboard?
Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 13:03:37 BST