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Re: bad A3000 keyboard

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From: Everett M. Greene
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 15:49
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In article <456.6675T1287T832@primenet.com> gpollak@primenet.com (Gary Pollak) writes:
> On 10-Apr-96 22:31:06, Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen mumbled that:
> 
> > My A3000 keyboard failed last year....I tried ordering one, but couldn't
> > get one....I did manage to order an A2000 keyboard which works, sort of....
> > a couple months later I broke the return key, which I exchanged the plunger
> > with the right shift key.
> I found an Escom A3000 keyboard for about $75.
> I never thought of exchanging the plungers... how do you get them out,
> anyway?

Pop the keycap and they come right out.  Beware of the return and space
bar -- they have some wires behind them to keep the large cap aligned.

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    Everett M. Greene   (The Mojave Greene, crotalus scutulatus scutulatus)
    Ridgecrest, Ca. 93555           Path: mojaveg@ridgecrest.ca.us
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