DimensionDude
Experienced Member
After yet another keyboard failure on the Dimension 68K, I decided to find out once and for all why frequently used keys would quit working. I dismantled the latest victim and was not pleased.
The "contact" for each key is a disk of what appears to be mylar glued to a cylinder of foam. The foam wasn't made to last for 20+ years so during use it just crumbles.
Any ideas on how to fix this? The Dimension can't use a standard IBM keyboard, I've tried (XT and AT). The first idea I came up with was to punch cylinders out of a foam block and glue the mylar disks to them. I guess this would work but it would take a while to get done.
I'm off to research these (mumble) keyboards, maybe an existing XT or AT keyboard can be modified...
Kent
The "contact" for each key is a disk of what appears to be mylar glued to a cylinder of foam. The foam wasn't made to last for 20+ years so during use it just crumbles.
Any ideas on how to fix this? The Dimension can't use a standard IBM keyboard, I've tried (XT and AT). The first idea I came up with was to punch cylinders out of a foam block and glue the mylar disks to them. I guess this would work but it would take a while to get done.
I'm off to research these (mumble) keyboards, maybe an existing XT or AT keyboard can be modified...
Kent