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Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made

From The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made
Date 2014-10-10 19:49 -0700
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On 10/09/2014 04:34 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:32:25 +0200, Paul Sture wrote:
>
>> On 2014-10-09, Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I usually:
>>>
>>> - split the casing - needs a deep thin walled socket of a suitable size
>>> to undo the screws.
>>> - remove the innards - one more screw and detach a ribbon cable.
>>> - clean casing with foaming cleaner - clean out underneath the innards
>>> and re-install - remove all keytops and keys - take care with the big
>>> ones and the space bar - individually clean all keytops with faoming
>>> cleane, rinse and dry - clean out cruft under where the keys were - IPA
>>> and cotton buds - reassemble!

Next time, but I think I'll leave the underkeys on and just remove the 
separate tops.  Or do what I did last time -- take the tops off one at a 
time and clean them with alcohol.  Sometimes brainless repetitive tasks 
are exactly what one needs...

>> I've found it's wise to take a photo of the keyboard first.  It takes
>> any guesswork out of putting the keys back :-)
>
> No need. I have about 20 of them, so I always have another to refer to!

When the zombie apocalypse arrives, some of us will be able to bash in 
the heads of the zombies as well as keep up our email correspondence.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
"As a mortician I always tie the shoelaces of the dead together.  If there
actually is a zombie apocalypse it will be hilarious."

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King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-07 23:03 +0000
  Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-07 17:20 -0700
    Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-10-07 18:42 -0600
      Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-08 22:58 -0700
        Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-10-09 07:58 +0000
          Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-09 22:32 +0200
            Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-10-09 23:34 +0000
              Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-10-09 23:12 -0600
                Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 19:50 -0700
              Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-10 19:49 -0700
                Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-16 16:10 +0000
                Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 23:38 -0700
  Re: King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-10-07 21:46 -0400

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