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" <chromati...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 24 Aug, 2016, at 04:36, V. Sigma <vincentbesse...@gmail.com> 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > 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 > vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@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 the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
