ASR-33 H-Plate

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Thu Jun 24 12:51:02 2004

Hi
 You need to reset the keyboard first by twisting it to
match up to the same angle. Once that is done, you jam
a screwdriver blade into the slot of the H to push against
the spring and get it reinstalled.
Hope this makes sense.
Dwight


>From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
>
> Aargh.....
>
>In the continuing quest to get my ASR-33 operational, it was discovered that
>the typing unit had shifted at some point and the h-plate connecting the
>typing unit back to the keyboard had popped out [I actually "found" it
>laying in the bottom of the case under the typing unit.
>
>Although the lever from the typing unit is spring loaded, I can not get the
>h-plate in. The connection levers are at different angles, preventing the
>h-plate from properly being inserted. Although I can move the levers a bit
>manually, I can not get them to rotate such that they are in the same plane.
>
>If anyone has any ideas, please contact me ASAP.
>
>I am pulling my hair out.
>
>David
>
>Ps: To all attending the RI Picnic or VC Feast. Beware the tall, thin, bald
>guy with a mustache. [unless of course he gets is ASR-33 running before
>then]....
>
>
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