[rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

[Dave McGuire]

On June 4, 2021 9:17:36 PM Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> On June 4, 2021 7:35:57 PM Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>
wrote:
>>> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 6/4/21 3:20 PM, Mouse wrote:
>>>>>> [...] the end result would still be a twenty-year-old keyboard.  Type
>>>>>> 4s are dropping like flies now, and Type 5s won't be far behind.
>>>>>
>>>>> As in, existing ones are breaking?
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> A bit, yes.  The Type 4 is a capacitive keyboard that uses the little
>>>> mylar-ish disk glued to a foam pad.  They can be rebuilt, but it's very
>>>> time-consuming if you have more than one.  I'm overly sensitive to that
>>>> aspect of things because we have probably 150 keyboards at the museum
>>>> that need that repair. (for various systems and terminals)
>>>
>>> Sadly, I've used a couple of Type 4 keyboards as donors for the
>>> foam-and-foil pads for even older systems: Northstar Advantage and SOL
20.
>> The
>>> replacement pads from TexElec did not work on those two machines. The Sun
>> pads
>>> have held up much better than most.
>>
>> I very much forgive you for the keyboard on the gorgeous Model 16 that you
>> built out for LSSM. :-)
>
>    That was a Tandy 6000.  :-)

  Yes. :) My excuse is simple: I am down the street at Voodoo, first real
break in a week, and am rather sauced.  It has been an awful week here.

                        -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA