What's the condition of the machine itself? For the one I had picked
up, the screen and keyboard had seen better days...
Same. All kinds of color splash splotches all over stained right into
the plastic, dull scuffed screen, couple melted spots like from a
solvent not heat.
But all functional.
The capslock key was stuck originally, but I took the keyboard apart and
took that particular keyswitch all the way apart and actually got the
latching mechanism working again just by cleaning lubing and
reassembling. That's working fine now.
Wrecked the black fiber sheet around the keys while cleaning everything,
but I actually found the same kind of material at a hobby shop and drew
up a new stencil using xfig, printed on paper and manually cut out with
an x-acto knife, and glued a nice new sheet down just like the original.
And all that work is invisible buried under the keycaps in a machine
that looks ...like it was used in a chemical lab I guess!
I kind of like it now. I like seeing the signs of the history of these
things when it reflects actual use not just the results of rats and
weather from being stored under a porch.
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bkw
