----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Duell via cctalk" <[email protected]> To: "Mattis Lind" <[email protected]>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 11:56 AM Subject: Re: HP9816 keyboard plunger wanted.
> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello! ... >> But the stuck key appeared to be cause by the "plunger" (is that the >> correct english word?) is slightly cracked in the corner. When the keytop >> is inserted it is not sliding very well. >> >> I have not found a method of repairing it so I am asking the community if >> there are anyone that has spare "plungers" for the HP9816 keyboard. > > I believe the same plungers were used on many other machines. I know for > a fact that a VT52 keycap will fit an HP9816 keyboard, so the plunger is > very likely to be the same as that machine. Other likely ones are VT100, > early TRS80 model 1, TI99/4A, HP85 (etc). That may help you find a scrap > keyboard to raid. > > -tony ---------------- They may not all be the same; I have a bunch of DEC assemblies and although I'm sure they'd take the same keytop, at least the plungers I have are quite different. There are latching and non-latching versions but unlike the ones in the picture they don't have slots in the side and instead of being retained by a protruding little latch as in the picture these are held in by a tiny L-shaped piece of wire that rides in a closed slot or a latching triangular slot. They're also black. But perhaps DEC used different types... m
