Re: VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-14 Thread Tony Duell via cctech
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Marc Howard via cctech wrote: > Hi, > > The "2" key on my VT52 is very hard to use. You've gotta pound it and you > might get 2 "2"s for your trouble. > > I assume that the keyboard switch is made of unobtanium (If you know of a >

Re: VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-14 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctech
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Marc Howard via cctech < > cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The "2" key on my VT52 is very hard to use. You've gotta pound it and you >> might get 2 "2"s for your trouble. I've a similar key on my VT52 -- will be diving in there sometime soon to

Re: VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-14 Thread Santo Nucifora via cctech
Mark, Do you have a picture of what's underneath the key cap? I think those are Hi-Tek switches underneath. I believe they are similar to the VT-100 keyboard shown here: https://deskthority.net/wiki/DEC_VT100 You can pull the key cap off as long as you do it straight up. Find out what kind of

Re: VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-14 Thread Paul Koning via cctech
> On Mar 13, 2017, at 4:45 PM, Marc Howard via cctech > wrote: > > Hi, > > The "2" key on my VT52 is very hard to use. You've gotta pound it and you > might get 2 "2"s for your trouble. > > I assume that the keyboard switch is made of unobtanium (If you know of a >

RE: VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-14 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctech
Van: Marc Howard via cctech<mailto:cctech@classiccmp.org> Verzonden: maandag 13 maart 2017 21:45 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only<mailto:cctech@classiccmp.org> Onderwerp: VT52 keyboard question Hi, The "2" key on my VT52 is very hard to use. You've gotta

Re: VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-13 Thread william degnan via cctech
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Marc Howard via cctech < cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi, > > The "2" key on my VT52 is very hard to use. You've gotta pound it and you > might get 2 "2"s for your trouble. > > I assume that the keyboard switch is made of unobtanium (If you know of a >

VT52 keyboard question

2017-03-13 Thread Marc Howard via cctech
Hi, The "2" key on my VT52 is very hard to use. You've gotta pound it and you might get 2 "2"s for your trouble. I assume that the keyboard switch is made of unobtanium (If you know of a substitute chime in) so I'm thinking of swapping it for the "COPY" key which I guess is useless unless you