I think keyboard mapping as Donk has suggested may be the cheapest
solution. Another solution would be to check the local refurbishing
shops, used computer parts and Ebay for a new laptop computer case.
Dragonfly
John Cooper wrote:
>
> A-1-Computer_TechI was given an old IBM ThinkPad type 2611laptop which
> had been drowned in a glass of red wine. I took it to bits and cleaned
> out the remains of the wine (don't know what vintage). The
> keyboard/mousepad just doesn't work - I took out all the
> keys/membranes etc. washed them and dried, but still no good. It works
> fine on an external keyboard & mouse (W98SE), but the
> contrast/brightness needs tweaking. The problem being there is no Fn
> key on the standard keyboard. Is there a way I can adjust these
> functions now? I don't really want to get a replacement keyboard,
> which may not work anyway.
>
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>
>
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