[vcf-midatlantic] Tandy 6000HD lives!

[Mike Loewen]

    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 at 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.
>>
>> https://texelec.com/product/foam-capacitive-pads-keytronic/
>>
>>
>

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