Huxley
Well-known member
So my project to resurrect my recently-acquired Mac Plus is making real progress today - I've got fresh ROM's installed and completely tore down / cleaned / greased / rebuilt the floppy drive, and the machine will boot now. Hooray! However, I've got a new funky problem to resolve:
The Mac Plus came to me with a relatively-clean-looking M0110A keyboard (the Plus style keyboard with the integrated number pad). The keyboard looks good and feels good, and most of the keys work fine. However, the "V" key is very spotty - it only occasionally registers when pressed VERY hard intermittently, and the space bar is completely dead. I've completely disassembled the keyboard (case removed, all key-caps removed) and cleaned it out reasonably well (decades of dust bunnies in there!), but the two keys remain stubbornly broken.
I've been reading through older threads here and poking around in some of the repair guide PDF's that float around, and it seems like my options are:
1. Soak the keyboard in high-proof alcohol for an uncertain amount of time - maybe this will help?
2. Spray WD-40 down into the key-switch in the hopes of... something?
3. Run the whole thing through my dishwasher(!?)
4. Give up and buy another keyboard
What would be your next step if you were in my shoes here? Any and all suggestions are welcome, but please keep in mind that my soldering skills are minimal at best...
Thanks!
Huxley
The Mac Plus came to me with a relatively-clean-looking M0110A keyboard (the Plus style keyboard with the integrated number pad). The keyboard looks good and feels good, and most of the keys work fine. However, the "V" key is very spotty - it only occasionally registers when pressed VERY hard intermittently, and the space bar is completely dead. I've completely disassembled the keyboard (case removed, all key-caps removed) and cleaned it out reasonably well (decades of dust bunnies in there!), but the two keys remain stubbornly broken.
I've been reading through older threads here and poking around in some of the repair guide PDF's that float around, and it seems like my options are:
1. Soak the keyboard in high-proof alcohol for an uncertain amount of time - maybe this will help?
2. Spray WD-40 down into the key-switch in the hopes of... something?
3. Run the whole thing through my dishwasher(!?)
4. Give up and buy another keyboard
What would be your next step if you were in my shoes here? Any and all suggestions are welcome, but please keep in mind that my soldering skills are minimal at best...
Thanks!
Huxley