[SPARCbook] Keyboard cleaning

[Bill Bradford]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 12:10:32PM +0100, Emanuelsson Paer wrote:
> For those who don't know the keyboard but might have information
> concerning similar designs, the keyboard consists of a big rubber mat
> with a ring coated with some conductive material for each key.  This
> ring is pressed onto a thin plastic foil where it connects the row- and
> column-encoding lines.  So, what should I use to clean these two parts,
> without wiping off the conductor stuff from the rubber, etc?
> Thanks, Pell

Older SGI keyboards (Indigo R3000, Crimson, etc) use a similar keyboard.
Last time I cleaned one, I just used Q-tips, cototn balls, and rubbing 
alcohol, and it worked fine.  Just be careful and use a light touch.

Bill

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