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, Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>If I remember correctly, the membrane can be trimmed (slightly) at the ends
>where it plugs into the sockets on the motherboard.
>Sometimes that fixes any problems.
>If it is old, then it is quite possibly brittle and will give more problems.
>I suspect the reason for the price of the membrane is due to the scarcity of
>them - I believe that they are no longer produced, although there may well
>be a 'proper' keyboard replacement you can get whic replaces the QL keyboard
>& membrane with something a little more substantial.
>
>Check out Tony Firshman's web site for a lot of useful information on QL
>repairs, parts etc, ha's at http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk/
The other thing you could do is to look out for further second hand
QL's, and move the best keyboard membrane into the working machine.
Which will also give you a lot of other 'spares' too :-)
I would recommend the 'Di-Ren' PC-style replacement keyboard if you can
ever come across one, as again, they are out of production now.
--
Malcolm Cadman
