Re: Darn 701 Keyboard

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From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Tue Dec 01 1998 - 17:32:41 EST


On Tue, 1 Dec 1998 17:27:49 -0600, David Ross wrote:

>>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...

How reliable would this be, as in, would it catch on the system when the keyboard
closes? That's what I'm worried about...

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