i found the most common break was where the tails joined the main part. when
fitting one should make a gentle bend, unlike the factory.
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On 21 Dec 2010, at 16:23, "Bryan Horstmann" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was interested to see in Quanta the picture of the replacement
> membrane with strip leads. This is just what I have done, but with a
> standard membrane. Having found that the fault was in the leadout
> strips, and jumpered breaks by drilling holes and fitting fine wires
> with conductive paint, as more broke, I decided that the best way was
> to cut them off and fit strip cables in a similar way, the strip cable
> having the same pitch as the connectors on the main board. There
> seemed no point in putting another of the same pattern in. I've done
> several and they have been fine. I probably put a note about this in
> Quanta at the time. I have also got a Rainbow keyboard which came
> fitted to a QL; it just plugs into the connectors, and usefully sports
> a numeric pad. I don't know what is inside as it is rivetted!
>
> BryanH
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