Oh, are the switches soldered to the board? I haven't tossed the board yet so I could salvage them as well.
On Aug 24, 2016 4:00 AM, "Jonathan Morton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 24 Aug, 2016, at 04:36, V. Sigma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm in Pennsylvania, and...no I can't. I just decided to keep the keys > and case and trash the rest...unless someone out there wants a relatively > non-yellowed Extended Keyboard II case and a set of keys that are all > non-yellowed except the space bar. > > Although the board itself looks unsalvageable (to my eyes), the keycaps, > keyswitches and controller are probably fine and would make valuable spares. > > People do make new custom keyboards starting with those components, and > the ALPS keyswitches used in old Apple keyboards are well-regarded, even if > Cherry MX is better-known. One advantage of replacing the entire PCB is > that you get to add anti-ghosting diodes; another is that you can alter the > key layout if you so desire, even adding extra keys (if you have extra > switches and can reprogram the controller) or leaving some out (to make it > physically smaller). > > - Jonathan Morton > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/vintage-macs/lAfMda_YPUc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
