[geeks] IBM laptop keyboard?

[Mouse]

> There are a few listings on eBay but it's important to make sure you
> get one for a 15" model.  FWICS, the 14" T43p shares the same
> keyboard as the T43, but the 15" T43p is different.

Ah, I didn't realize there were two different T43p models.  That could
be important.

> I know you're no fan of them, but the Thinkpads Forum[1] may also be
> a resonable option (particularly the Marketplace).

> [1] https://www.thinkpads.com/forum/

Possibly.  If it comes to that, I'd have to decide whether getting the
thing back in full operation is worth tolerating the web-forum
paradigm.

Someone did suggest (I have conflicting memories of where it was, some
say email and some say IRC) that I might be able to move mechanical
keyboard parts between the T43 and the T43p even though I can't move
the whole keyboard.  That strikes me as a reasonable idea; I certainly
have little to lose by trying it.  The T43 is a less interesting
machine - 1400x1050 instead of 1600x1200, and, while it works when I
put a charged battery in it, the AC adapter jack appears to be
completely nonfunctional.  I may be able to get it far enough apart to
fix that, if it's fixable, but I also may not.  (I did once have a
machine which had apparently suffered some mechanical impact; I
unsoldered the jack and ran wires out through the hole it used to
occupy.  Worked fine, until I stopped using that machine for reasons I
no longer remember.)

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