Re: Darn 701 Keyboard

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From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 01 1998 - 18:27:49 EST


>Go to Pep Boys and buy a rear window defroster repair kit. It costs about
>$5 but it's uses are endless... it's basically conductive paint.
>
>Get some scotch tape, tape behind the break in the cable, and with a small
>amount of the 'paint' on the brush, put some of the conductive paint in
>the break, being very careful not to paint multiple lines together.

Conducting epoxy, while considerably more expensive, is also decent for this kind of jury-rigging, and conducts better than the
defogger paint.

Then there's always spit and bailing wire...

- David R.


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