I have a bunch (couple dozen) of original NEC 8201A that I still use. I took a sturdy paper clip, straightened it. Use plyers to make VERY short 90 degree hook/tab on each end. Bend in center with 'hooks' 'facing' each other. Slip between the keys and then pull perpendicular to the plane of the keyboard. This pulls STRAIGHT up instead of 'prying' on the sides ...easy and worked for me. Regards ================
________________________________ From: M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 17:02 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: M100 Digest, Vol 134, Issue 11 Send M100 mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.bitchin100.com/listinfo.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of M100 digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Model 102 keys (Brad Grier) 2. Re: Model 102 keys (Brian K. White) 3. Re: Model 102 keys (Brad Grier) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:01:21 -0700 From: Brad Grier <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [M100] Model 102 keys Message-ID: <camxs_2tbz7lbwemdjrdhxdqsqcrut0+rqhp_jt76o198c0_...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi all, I've got a couple of dead keys on a Model 102. I understand they're the rubber dome type of keys. I'm thinking I can pop the keys, check and clean the contacts. But. They seem to be quite firmly affixed (haven't pulled too hard yet) so was wondering if there's something 'different' going on there regarding the way the keys are mounted and the best way to remove them. It doesn't look like an ALPS board that the others use... --Brad -- -- Brad Grier -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20220215/fb7a67d2/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:49:03 -0500 From: "Brian K. White" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] Model 102 keys Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Get a sharp bent-tip a dental pick and watch this. https://youtu.be/n_oyDYRDYzs It's not too obvious what the point was from the video I guess but the T key was almost dead, and so I swapped the rubber dome with the one from the right-shift key because I can live with the right-shift being dead if I have to. In the end, it not only fixed the T key, the right-shift still works fine. Both keys now work fine. Go figure. -- bkw On 2/16/22 00:01, Brad Grier wrote: > Hi all, I've got a couple of dead keys on a Model 102. I understand > they're the rubber dome type of keys. I'm thinking I can pop the keys, > check and clean the contacts. > > But. > > They seem to be quite firmly affixed (haven't pulled too hard yet) so > was wondering if there's something 'different' going on there regarding > the way the keys are mounted and the best way to remove them. > > It doesn't look like an ALPS board that the others use... > > > --Brad > > > -- > -- > Brad Grier > > -- bkw ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:34:44 -0700 From: Brad Grier <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] Model 102 keys Message-ID: <camxs_2uxzacjc956sv7fkx56warlge0xmourgax03-1hbwx...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Interesting. Glitch in the Matrix -- Brian, I didn't get your reply via email but did see it on the Discord mailing list roll-up (nice to have that!!). Thanks for posting that link to the video. It looks like you had no problem removing the key caps from the mechanism. I tried yesterday but they seemed more resistant than other keys have in my experience. I'll try again and maybe just 'worry at it' a bit more. Good detail on that video of lifting the front and back lock-tabs. Very helpful! Thanks, and I'll report back on how it goes. --Brad On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 10:01 PM Brad Grier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, I've got a couple of dead keys on a Model 102. I understand > they're the rubber dome type of keys. I'm thinking I can pop the keys, > check and clean the contacts. > > But. > > They seem to be quite firmly affixed (haven't pulled too hard yet) so was > wondering if there's something 'different' going on there regarding the way > the keys are mounted and the best way to remove them. > > It doesn't look like an ALPS board that the others use... > > > --Brad > > > -- > -- > Brad Grier > > > -- -- Brad Grier -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20220216/3edfd941/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ M100 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.bitchin100.com/listinfo.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com ------------------------------ End of M100 Digest, Vol 134, Issue 11 *************************************
