> On May 18, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> ...
> I also find myself with several flakey LK201s.
>
> To be honest, I wouldn't be interested in replacing them with PC keyboards.
> I'd prefer to get my LK201s back in action.
>
> If the issues are in the keyswitches or the flexi-print stuff connecting them
> to the electronics, it looks like it will be nearly impossible to do anything
> with them.
Yes, and that is the case with mine. I know from years past that those
switches are vulnerable to contamination.
> However, if it turns out that the issues are in the electronics part of the
> keyboard and they are not easily repairable for one reason or another, I may
> be interested in a drop in replacement for the original electronics.
Since that wasn't my scenario I haven't tried to do that. It seems easy
enough. The main issue is that you need a controller with enough I/O lines to
run the scan. A BeagleBone would be ample; an Arduino might not be.
paul
