Ah yes, that T200. I eventually bought a pile of switches from several sources and found some that could be easily coaxed into position. Three bodge wires from the power key to the ribbon cable header and twelve more to repair other key switches finished up the keyboard panel. But It didn't boot after I fed it fresh alkalines and hit the switch, and soon there followed the smell of melting plastic from the battery bay. Hot, hot, hot! I had transposed two of the switch leads. I fixed the keyboard, no good, I tried it with a known good keyboard. But it hasn’t booted since. Something’s baked on the big board. The display was already bad when I got it, so it’s pretty much a write-off now.
> On Dec 24, 2023, at 4:34 PM, Brad Ackerman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just saw this while cleaning out my mailbox, so time for some thread > necromancy. > > The CW Industries GPBS-850N should match the footprint; it’s incredibly > unlikely that anything will match the stem, so you’ll need to 3D print a > replacement key. I’ve got this one on my list of things to do, and hopefully > sometime this year I’ll get around to placing a DigiKey order. > >> On Nov 9, 2023, at 14:27, Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I wonder if that six-pin power switch on the Model 200 can be had? >> I have the keycap itself, and the soldered-on base. But everything in >> between is just... crumbs. >> >> >> The machine was once owned by the Detroit Free Press and it shows. The >> screen looks to have been exposed to fire, the stained and sticky case is >> taped together because it doesn’t have any screws, the keyboard needs at >> least a dozen bodges, and I’m hesitant to remove the other keycaps because >> there may be something alive under there. (The logic board, oddly, looks >> pretty good.) In sum, it has character. >> >> >> Anyways, it’s a funny little switch, >> and I’d like to see more of it :-) >> >> >> <IMG_2248.JPG> >> >> >
