True, but I found that nearly all the keys were usable except for Enter,
Space, Escape and Shift.
Kai
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Maslin [mailto:donm_at_cts.com]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 12:06 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: RE: Sol-20 Keyboard
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
> 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.
The only problem with that, Kai, is that some of the PC keyboards are
getting old enough to be a bit edgy also. But at least you won't have
much invested except time!
- don
Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 14:11:19 BST