I can't comment on the Compaq, but I can confirm that the Texelec pads work on the Tandy 6000. A few of the pads were a little misshapen, but could be massaged into shape. The foil should be flat, but a little convex is okay. Most of the Texelec pads had a slight dome to them, but they work. On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I used a set of those at the last VCF workshop on an original Compaq portable. They did not work right. Someone told me that the foam was too thick. I get stuck key errors when I turn on the computer now.
On Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:22 PM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 01:06:10AM -0400, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
The foil-and-foam Keytronics keyboard required a complete rebuild (disintegrating foam), and a Sun Type 4 keyboard was sacrificed to provide replacement pads.
I have done the same steal pads to fix another keyboard since I didn't have the time to make them myself. If you hadn't heard about them this place sells ready to go pads. I bought a set to fix the donor but haven't tried them yet.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/