#Old Amigas
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I see a fair amount of interest in this forum regarding old hardware. I'm still
using my 1985 A1000 every day, and intend to continue using it for some time.
However, from time to time, I've had trouble with the keyboard. Individual keys
will break a spring and stay depressed, and individual keys will develope
electrical problems resulting in multiples of that charrractter, or no chaacter
at all.
As a result, I've learned how to make new springs, and how to get right into
the individual key contact assembly, and clean it up.
Not sure if this is Pandora's box or not, but I'm willing to tell other folks
how to do these things, also willing to help out those who may be stuck with
the above problems, and not be able to help themselves. I haven't looked real
hard to see if I am invading anyone else's territory with this note. If so I
appologize. Not looking for any remuneration for this, unless it becomes a big
consumer of time, just like to help (and fix things).
Regards,
Hugh holland
Hugh,
I'm sure there would be folks who would appreciate you experience, how
about putting your procedures in an ASCII file and posting it to one of our
datalibraries.
Don
Hi Don,
Got the same message from both you and Phil Combs, i.e. post a detailed
procedure to the library on refurbishing keyboards that have developed
glitches.
That response took me a little by surprise, probably because I'm fairly new at
this, and just didn't think along those lines. I was thinking more about dialog
with interested partys, but your suggestion makes sense, and I am willing to
try. I also was obliquely (perhaps too much so) suggesting that I would be
willing to do the work, supply springs, or whatever. Thinking perhaps of
someone sending a defunct keyboard and having me do an overhaul on it. As far
as I am concerned, that's still a viable way to go.
I have a hobby hound's workshop, complete with lathe and milling capabilities,
microscopes, fine (as in small) tools, cleaning chemicals, compressed air,
meters, scopes, etc., and I'm sure not everyone is thusly equiped. No reason,
however, that one could not find other ways to do it. I will work on a
procedural write-up, trying to put into words what I do automatically without
having to think about it.
Regards and thanks for your responses,
Hugh
Hugh,
As long as you weren't running a business of repairing keyboards, then
putting a note in the file that you'd be willing to discuss having a user send
you a keyboard and you fix it would be just fine.
Don
Don,
No keyboard fixing business, just a little reaching out. Will still post a
description of how I do it. I just have to do it to my own keyboard one more
time and take notes.
Regards, Hugh
Hugh,
this is knowledge that should be preserved in a library file. I can
help some the same way (I have a lot of experience in this direction), but
reposting is a pain. If we can direct all such inquiries to a file, life
would be simpler <g>. Come to think of it, I should do the same for the
A2000.
On another thought, you might want to monitor the Amiga Hardware
section to put in your $.02 when others have this problem.
Thanks in advance.
The Four Seasons of Southern California:
Fire, Flood, Earthquake, and Riot.
While your article on reviving old Amigas sounds interesting, I'm also
curious about your microscopes. I've wanted to get a nice one for a long
time. Where did you get yours? I think I'd like to get a nice high-power
biological scope, as well as a lower-power stereo scope for working on
fossils.
John what fossils do you work on? I do alot of prep work on fish from the
green river formation.
Alex
Hi, Hugh. Why not write up a detailed procedure and post it as an ASCII file to
this forum? That way people could get it when they need it and not bug you all
the time to re-post it? Regards, Phil Combs