[Coco] Coco 2 Keyboards...

CoCo Demus retrocanada76 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 12:45:16 EDT 2015


What is the symptom ? Usually the mylar in those keyboards start to crack
and a trace can be broken. Try using a soft graphite pencil on the traces,
gently redrawing them.

If the crack is minimal it will help.  Then it can be permanently fixed
using conductive ink.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
wrote:

> I don't know how many of you have the same dilemma, but I now have two
> Coco 2's in need of new keyboards.
>
> It seems that the deluxe keyboard in my Coco 2 has problems and some keys
> aren't working. I've tested it on two systems.
>
> I have another Coco 2 whose keyboard was physically melted and fused.
>
> I wonder if somewhere out there, there are some NOS stashes of the Deluxe
> Coco Keyboards, or any of the third party replacements.
>
> I've been trying to find generic, unwired matrix keyboards that could be
> adapted. But, no luck so far.
>
> I can't afford to buy the Cloud 9 adapters for these systems. One is just
> a spare Coco, and I'll just rob a keyboard from one of my other Coco 2s for
> the tricked out Coco 2.
>
>
>
> -[ Al ]-
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