Thank you, James and Cyrus, for your replies! After writing our post > > --- On Thu, 7/9/09, we stopped trying to fit that piece-o-plastic anywhere ~ everything went back together exactly as indicated by Cyrus' very creative (and useful) graphic. No idea where the piece-o-plastic came from although it's nice to know, for sure now, it didn't come from the keyboard!
Now we just need to figure out if when the keyboard hit the KVM/USB switch on the way down it took out more than just the switch... No other switch we've tried will display Mac video and they all make the Win machine power supply growl like crazy! Back to manually switching the VGA cable and only one computer on at a time... On Jul 10, 2009, at 5:52 AM, James Fraser wrote: > >http://myo3.homeunix.com/keyboard/key_wash.html > > > ...is the only breakdown of one of these keyboards I'm aware of > > that's been posted online...and the power key was left intact. :( > > > Would it be possible for you to take pics of what you're looking at > > and upload them to flickr (or another free photo hosting service) so > > we could all see what you're seeing? > On Jul 10, 9:45 am, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > I've taken apart several different versions of the Keyboard II, and > from what I remember the power button was set up on a really tall > internal button that had a spring on it, and the actual key clipped to > the top case with a small plastic bar. > Like so: > side: ({ } = spring || = button ∏=button base, -- = clip going into > case) > ____ > | |-- > {||} > {||} > ∏ > Top: > ____ > | | (Clip going into the case plastic) > | > | > | | > > > --- On Thu, 7/9/09, greatful <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> What is being referred to as the "key clip" is not a wire, > >> it is a small white plastic piece that somehow must go between the > >> key cap (power button) and the power button affixed to the keyboard > >> base. It does not seat in either place, in any way that we can > >> figure... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
