jeff@lpi.UUCP (06/13/86)
In article <5150@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> shulman@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jeff Shulman) writes: > > ... Much discussion about keyboard problems related to: >the service guy here muttered something about some chip going south on the >board. I don't think the problem would have much to do with dust or actual >wear, since mine did the same thing after only two months. I had a different keyboard problem - I broke a key. A small piece of plastic broke off in my "v" key, causing it intermittently emit a stream of v's until another key was pressed. I called at least a dozen places in the Boston area, getting estimates for repairs. They ranged from $30 to $75 to fix the stupid key. (In a fast "two weeks", on average.) Only one would SELL me just the key, and they charged me $10. It took a friend with a good soldering iron less than 5 minutes to make the switch. Does anyone know where I can get a hold of these switches at a reasonable price (like $1 - $2 that they are really worth)? Does anyone know any place (at all) where the service people charge a reasonable rate for that kind of minor repair, rather than the highway robbery that goes on around here? Are all places that repair machines so brain-damaged that they would rather let me pay someone else for a new keyboard than them for a simple fix? Disgusted in Boston Jeff Diewald -- | Jeff Diewald Language Processors, Inc. (LPI) No silly quotes, | 400-1 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Mass. 02154 No silly sayings... | UUCP: ...{linus|harvard}!axiom!lpi!jeff