I hosed my IBM M13 hanging off the clothesline after it got flooded with red wine (the screws needed an odd screwdriver that I didn't have on me). It was fine after a few days drying.
On 15 January 2018 at 08:37, John <[email protected]> wrote: > I've already looked on-line and found a site that refurbishes them. They > have a detailed photo-guide showing just how they go about it. It shows a > complete disassembly & cleaning. It's detailed enough I will probably have a > go at cleaning it myself. > > A good refurbished IBM Type M looks to be going for around $120 on the > inter-webs and NOS "still in the box" can range as high as $250. > > I bought a dozen of them back in 2000 for $2 apiece. Now I wish I'd bought > two dozen. > > On 1/14/2018 13:21, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> I was going to suggest that you hang the keyboard under a shower head >> for several minutes to rinse out all the coffee, then rinse it in >> distilled water, shake as much water out as possible, and let it air dry >> for several days before trying it. That might work. >> >> >> On 1/14/2018 11:24 AM, Mat Maessen wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:02 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I had to dig out my last spare, brand new in the box, Genuine IBM Model >>>> M >>>> keyboard to replace it. >>>> >>> You can wash a genuine IBM Type M in a dishwasher. Just make sure you >>> don't >>> use a heated drying cycle. >>> >>> Let it air-dry for several days before trying to use it again. >>> >>> -Mat >> >> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
