This will seem like a digression, but it's not. I have a SOL & Helios pair
on E-Bay right now (if you are interested, hurry, it ends tomorrow):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5112120888
If you read the auction, I discuss the keyboard issue at length and in the
set of 12 photos for the auction I even took a photo of a keyboard being
rebuilt.
I'm surprised that no one asked me where I got the foam pads.
Anyway, they came from:
Mike Stephens
Mil-Key Corp.
m-corp_at_qwest.net
You can buy a new PC (cordless) keyboard for what it will cost you to rework
a SOL keyboard (or any other Keytronic keyboard using these pads), but as
far as I know it's the only source. HE SAYS THAT WHEN THE CURRENT SUPPLY IS
GONE, THERE WILL BE NO MORE, ****EVER****. AND HE SAYS THAT IT'S ALMOST
GONE.
You can see a photo of the pads in the SOL auction above. They are
different from (and, I'm hoping, superior to) both the original pads and the
later ones used in the Sun keyboards.
Received on Thu Aug 05 2004 - 15:31:19 BST