[MacGroup] cleaning keyboards

2008-12-14 Thread Nolan Porterfield
Rob, Thanks for your response. For me, a mild problem: my shop vac is not located conveniently to my keyboard, although I suppose I could cart the keyboard down two flights of stairs to the basement, then lug it back up (not easy at my advanced age).And a question: if the shop vac works so

Re: [MacGroup] cleaning keyboards

2008-12-11 Thread Robert Kersting
Personally, I've had more luck with a decent shop vac and a linen towel dampened with alcohol. On the other hand, here's what was on my Christmas list this year: http://www.fashionfunky.com/2008/10/cyberclean_keyboard_cleaning_g.php Reminds me of the green gunk we used to play with when we were

[MacGroup] cleaning keyboards

2008-12-11 Thread Nolan Porterfield
Nobody asked, but I recall that sometime ago there was a discussion about cleaning keyboards by running them through the dishwasher. Being less than satisfied with the keyboard that came with my new 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, I got out the old keyboard that came with my iMac G4 ("lampshade"; for my

Re: [MacGroup] cleaning keyboards

2008-12-08 Thread john humphries
And by all of those ³beeps² and letters flying around (if you don¹t unhook), you just might be signing up for the French Foreign Legend! : > ) John ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge La

[MacGroup] cleaning keyboards

2008-12-08 Thread Nolan Porterfield
Nobody asked, but I recall that sometime ago there was a discussion about cleaning keyboards by running them through the dishwasher. Being less than satisfied with the keyboard that came with my new 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, I got out the old keyboard that came with my iMac G4 ("lampshade"; for my