On 2018-05-26 02:24, Paul wrote:

B00ze wrote:
On 2018-05-25 01:19, Paul wrote:

http://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/mercha...uc t_code=MEM


Membrane assembly Price: $10.00

The problem is the membrane sits between the metal backplane and the
black plastic base which holds the keys. The two (metal backplane and
black plastic base) are held together by melting the black plastic
rivet-like - I cannot separate them...

Have a chat with them, see what they've got.

They have seen this thread, I am pretty sure, and are probably not
happy; they are not chatting with me anymore. But for a hundred bucks,
I expected a working USB controller; there were different bugs on two
of the controller versions I had. I expect bugs from some things, but
not from a Model M keyboard.

Regards,


I have a membrane keyboard (now retired) and the membranes
are welded to each other, but not to anything else. They fit
over alignment pegs, and that's what keeps the membrane aligned
with the key array.

It made it very easy to clean. After a coffee spill, just pull
the membrane pile and rinse in cold water for a while. The membranes
can be held apart while it dries, then reassemble.

I'll have a look at it again, maybe I can pull it out without separating
the keyboard and the backplane - there must be a trick, if UniComp sells
the membrane separately. I would ask them what the tick is, but since
they're not really talking to me anymore... They did send me a foam pad,
free of charge, when I told them about my problem (or when they saw my
post here,) so they still want to do the right thing; I'm pretty happy
with the service I got from them.

How I ruined that, is removing the keycaps and cleaning underneath.
That seemed to be too much for the thing. So on my keyboard
(not the same brand as yours), the keyboard treated me really
well.

Now, if you take the $150 boat-anchor Apple keyboard, that
one when I spilled coffee on it, the thing was riveted
together, and an attempt to drill a rivet, just made it
spin around. I rinsed that for a long time, dried it for
a couple days in a gently heated airstream... and still three
keys were sticky enough to not work properly. $150.00 out
the window...

See, using water on a keyboard is possible, lol, but make sure to dry
those blucking springs properly, or they will rust! ;-)

Best Regards,

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