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- From: ccc6004@vip.cybercity.dk (Hans Henrik Happe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Keyboard fun with my A4000
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 15:04:51 GMT
- Organization: CyberCity of Denmark
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- lawrenc@mailhost.rose-hulman.edu (Christopher Lawrence) wrote:
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- >The 'c' key on my A4000's keyboard now only works about 50% of the
- >time. I've cleaned around it and stuff, but to no avail. I think the
- >switch is just "worn out" (I've had the keyboard for 3 years now).
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- >I've heard about an adapter that lets one use PC-clone keyboards with
- >Amigas. Can anyone report good/bad experiences with one of those? Or
- >would I just be better off shelling out $100 for a new A4000 keyboard?
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- I had the same problem. I solved it partly by screwing of the white plastic box,
- and then the metal panel sitting under the inner keyboard. Then I could
- gain access to those litle rubber swithes. Now I swapped the rubber switch
- from the bad key with one of the other keys that didn't use that much. Then
- the key worked fine, but ofcause the other didn't.
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- Does anyone know where to get those rubber switches?
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