[Coco] CoCo 2 keyboard ribbon HELP!!??

[George Ramsower]

 Oh!, do carefully make small bevels on the corners to make insertion 
easier.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:07 PM
Subject: [Coco] CoCo 2 keyboard ribbon HELP!!??



> Ok not sure what happened, but I had taken the cover off my CoCo 2 to blow

> it out and take a photo..not like this is the first time I've ever taken 

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> keyboard loose either.

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> But upon re-assembly, only about half the keys work!! Ugh.  Looking at the

> ribbon cable I didn't see any tears or obvious damage, neither to the

> motherboard connector.

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> I took a multimeter just to see if I could measure continuity on the 

> 'black'

> side strips and I could from where it exits the keyboard up to about where

> the re-inforced plastic end is.

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> Right where the re-enforced part starts, it has kind of a 'fold' or crease

> in it and continuity starts breaking down.  How do I restore this!??  I've

> seen some liquid "trace repair" stuff at Radio Shack before, would this be

> what I need?  This is aggravating.  Any help would be appreciated.

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> Here is what I was thinking of to repair this..  any thoughts?

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> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3964901

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> -          Chad

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