On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 at 22:53:58, you wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Hi!
>
>About a week ago I bought a used (original) QL at the flea market.
>It in pretty good condition but the keyboard membrane needs to
>be replaced and the power supply is missing. The biggest problem
>right now is the keyboard. Is it still possible to buy a membrane
>or are there other ways of fixing it? I think that the problem is the
>flat 'cable' that goes into the mother-board since it is torn in a few
>places. On the Net I found out that a membrane can be bought
>but for 25 pounds which I find absurd.. it's a bloody piece of paper
>and conductor..
Not absurd at all when I only have a _very_ few new ones left (8-(#
They were quite cheap when I had a lot. That is the _real_ world...
Unfortunately secondhand membranes are no good. The 'bit of paper' is
plastic that becomes brittle with age, accelerated by the heat from the
heatsink.
> I bought my QL for, believe it or not, 5 pounds..
That was a lot (8-)#
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