From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sat Feb 12 2000 - 02:39:44 EST
IBM recently sold off a huge number of new 701 keyboards..
watch for them to pop up for sale at various sites, i hope.. :-)
if lubricating the keys, be very frugal with this oil so as not to get any on the
membrane under the keytops..
"Aaron R. Teitlebaum" wrote:
> On 10 Feb 2000, Stephen Remenyi wrote:
>
> > Some of the keys on my TP701c don't seem to operate smoothly when depressed at
> > a slight angle. The keys in question work pretty well when pressed straight
> > down. But as soon as they are hit at an angle, there is some sort of drag that
> > causes missed keystrokes. In other words, it's difficult to touch type with
> > those keys. My machine is the result of combining the best parts of two
> > machines, and this has the better of the two keyboards.
> >
> > Question. Are any of you experienced with this type of keyboard (key)
> > behavior? Is this the result of design, or the result of age, dirt, wear,
> > etc.? Any suggestions?
> >
> > Steve
>
> When I got my (very used) 701C, it had the same problem: sticky keys. My
> solution was to pop off each of the keycaps and put a drop of oil
> (actually, some kind of pink-colored synthetic bicycle lubricant I had
> laying around) on the back posts of each of the keycaps. Unfortunately,
> someone else managed to drop one of the keycaps on the floor and I stepped
> on it, breaking off the post, so now my 'R' key is a bit wobbly...
> Anyway, it wasn't a perfect fix, but the keyboard definitely works more
> smoothly now than it did before.
>
> Aaron Teitlebaum
> arteitle_at_engin.umich.edu
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