ORCUTT@cc.utah.edu (05/27/90)
I got a real IBM-PC in 1981. It had a real IBM keyboard. The keyboard lasted about a year. IBM said they couldn't repair it; I had to replace it. It seems that if you take the back off, it goes sproing and cannot be put back together again, like Humpty Dumpty. So, I replaced it alright--with a Keytronic. The keytronic had newrly the same layout as the "new" IBM 101-key unit and I have used it for 7 years so far I took it apart and cleaned it once when one of my kids was using my computer table to paint on and dumped poster paint down the keyboard. Maybe the 101-key unit from IBM is better than the original, at least it has a reasonable layout, but I wouldn't take either the orignal PC keyboard or the AT keyboard if they gave them to me...
TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) (05/29/90)
>I got a real IBM-PC in 1981. It had a real IBM keyboard. >The keyboard lasted about a year. IBM said they couldn't >repair it; I had to replace it. It seems that if you take >the back off, it goes sproing and cannot be put back >together again, like Humpty Dumpty. So, I replaced it We take those things apart all the time for cleaning, etc. The secret is to take all the keycaps off before opening the keyboard. This releases the tension in the springs which otherwise causes things to go flying when the keyboard comes apart. Thomas Dwyer III TOMIII @ MTUS5.BITNET Computing Technology Services DWYERIII @ MTUS5.BITNET Michigan Technological University --------------------------------------------------- Dear Aunty Emme, Hate Kansas, hate you. Taking the dog. Signed, Dorothy. ---------------------------------------------------