ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) (02/14/90)
I had been noticing for a while that there was some sort of brownish/beige greasy substance under my "return" key, and last night I finally decided to investigate. I popped up the right shift key and the return key (that was an adventure, since I wasn't sure how much pressure to exert) and found two metal "hooks" that were inserted into little white plastic pieces that themselves were inserted into the keytop. This greasy substance what smeared over these metal pieces in the plastic, and I guess it had begun to melt/run(?). That is why I saw it under the keys. I wiped it up a bit and returned the keys...now I'm just curious...what is this stuff? and what is its purpose? (It seems almost like pipe fitting grease.) Replies to the net will be fine. Regards, Gerry email: maxg@suvm (bitnet) ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (internet)