WimWalther
Experienced Member
The machine is back together and seems to work fine.. so far. ;-)
As was suggested earlier, I left out the metal shield pan that encloses the rear of the keyboard. It really does seem to be dead weight, added to meet some FCC ruling while serving no other purpose. It can always be replaced at a later date.
The original #6-32 1/2" screws that held the keyboard were too long for the case threads to begin with. This is why they were initially so difficult to remove, having been forced in beyond the thread depth at the factory. Prior to reassembly, I ran a #6-32 tap into all of the mounting holes, which removed some material from each of them. As noted, there were no brass inserts as I'd first believed.
Having lost the material thickness of the metal shield, I reassembled using #6-32 3/8" screws which now fit much better than the originals and did not need to be forced for the last couple of turns.
So I guess that's it until I have some way to get some software onto it, which for now means waiting for my Petdisk Max kit to arrive. Not sure where we are with that process as the vendor hasn't yet acknowledged my purchase..
As was suggested earlier, I left out the metal shield pan that encloses the rear of the keyboard. It really does seem to be dead weight, added to meet some FCC ruling while serving no other purpose. It can always be replaced at a later date.
The original #6-32 1/2" screws that held the keyboard were too long for the case threads to begin with. This is why they were initially so difficult to remove, having been forced in beyond the thread depth at the factory. Prior to reassembly, I ran a #6-32 tap into all of the mounting holes, which removed some material from each of them. As noted, there were no brass inserts as I'd first believed.
Having lost the material thickness of the metal shield, I reassembled using #6-32 3/8" screws which now fit much better than the originals and did not need to be forced for the last couple of turns.
So I guess that's it until I have some way to get some software onto it, which for now means waiting for my Petdisk Max kit to arrive. Not sure where we are with that process as the vendor hasn't yet acknowledged my purchase..