[Coco] Coco keyboard trouble

[Bruce W. Calkins]

Bill, contact me off list, a switchable AT/XT keyboard is in my possession 
now.



Bruce W.



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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Bill Pierce"

>
> My current coco has an Eagle AT interface and the keys on the keyboard are 
> slowly going one by one as the pads are wearing thin. As I can't find an 
> old AT keyboard at the moment, I'm trying to get one of my old Coco 3 
> keyboards to work again. I opened the coco keyboard and cleaned all the 
> contacts and reassembled. Dead keyboard. Upon further inspection, there 
> seems to be a trace on the ribbon cable coming from the keyboard that is 
> broken. It's the very first trace on the side that has 2 traces then a 
> missing trace.
> Is there anything I can use to "paint" over the trace to make the 
> connection? This trace is on the clear plastic ribbon cable coming from 
> the keyboard so it would have to be something with conductivity and not 
> melt the plastic.
>
> Thanx
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
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> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com