Re: keyboards contacts restoration

From: Sam Laur <sam.laur_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:24:37 +0300
Message-ID: <5BC09285.4040302@gmail.com>
silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
>> On 2018-10-12, at 13:32, Sam Laur <sam.laur@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
>>> Thanks for all the responses. I have now a few things to try, starting probably with warm ultrasonic bath for the keys and cleaning the PCB pads. I take those conductive key elements are nowhere to source these days, are they?
>> Of course, there are remote control keypad repair kits available,
> 
> No, I know those are available but those are different than what's inside the proper keyboards (as opposed to rubber keypads). Rather than round pads, there are "strips" spanning across the lower end of the plastic "rod" that's pushed down on keystrokes. I'd be interested in buying either the conductive "strips" or the whole element (rod with strip). They might possibly be still used in some modern keyboards.
> 

Oh, okay, that type. The only one I've had to clean/fix thus far is
referred to by some page as "Type 2" and that has round contacts...
http://blog.retroleum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0001_type2.jpg
But yeah, the other contacts can be a bit more difficult to find.
Unless you get big round pads and cut them to size, or something.

That site sells keyboard parts, but they're all salvaged, so the
condition is "tested working" but naturally not like new.
https://www.retroleum.co.uk/c64-keyboard
Received on 2018-10-12 15:01:00

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