On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 at 20:13:58, you wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>, 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.
Doesn't usually work if the membrane is not another new one. _all_
membranes become brittle once the tails are open to the air, and moving
them usually makes them crack where they join the main pad area.
I reckon I have seen over a thousand QLs with membranes problems, and I
have never successfully managed to use a genuinely old membrane.
>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.
Does superHermes LITE not warrant a mention (8-)#
If you take off the added value of having Hermes (which is better in
fact than the 8749 chip version) then sH LITE was cheaper than DI-Ren.
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