Give it up, and buy a new one for $30...
-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Perry Rutherford
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 3:50 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: [NTLK] Broken Shift Keys (was Taking Notes on MP2000/2100?)
No - the keyboard stays in my Newton briefcase and never leaves. I hope it
is sufficiently padded to survive trips from the car to beside the desk.
To my knowledge it has never been dropped nor has anything been dropped on
it.
I just don't know what to look for...
Thanks,
Perry
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Stephanie Maks <steph_at_maksystems.com>
Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:08:49 -0500
>
>I don't know how the Newton keyboard is wired, but both shift keys might
>still share the same circuit, and if that circuit is cracked or something,
>that would explain why both shift keys stopped functioning.
>
>Has the keyboard seen any damage recently, like a drop or something?
>
>I once dropped a (empty!) pint mug on a keyboard, it landed right on the B,
>and wiped out b,v,c,x, and z. The shift key though still worked! I took
it
>apart and had to use a jeweler's loupe to find the crack; out of a small
>maze of traces only a single one had less than a hairline crack. It was
>enough though to stop those 5 keys till I fixed it.
>
>-Stephanie
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