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* Outro 2 "THE END OF THE BEGINNING"*
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I know I said I would go through
keyboard cleaning here, I just had
to put that sub header up there,
since this is the last bit in this
series and you are now at the
Beginning of your new C= life.
Sentimentality out of the way,
cleaning the KEYBOARD.
remember DO NOT use the commercial
aerosol cans, this is because you run
a very high risk of gumming up your
keyboard for good. Radio Shack had to
replace a 64c for me! their keyboard
cleaner thing gummed up the board to
uselessness.
swabs and alcohol.
Remember those tips about alcohol and
swabs? Well here we will use alcohol
and swabs again. Around here there is
the pipe ash and tobacco. Add onto
that one. Both the 7 cats and I are
shedding from time to time. This
stuff collects in the keyboard.
Magically it appears to drift around
and into the keys. OK I know about
the dust being magnetically charged
and all that stuff from college. Just
thought the military of the world
would love the accuracy of the pipe
ash and cat fur that drops onto the
keyboard.
So what do we do? First is the
outside. That can be cleaned with the
alcohol and the swabs. Normal grease
and grime in the air and what comes
off our hands. Easy clean up. AH!! It
is a real good idea to do this with
the power off, even unplugged for
some of us. This can be done for the
cover, or said differently the case
of the C=. Also you can do this for
the keys themselves. Honestly on this
128D keyboard. Most of the number
keys on the top row, the + key, \ key
and the clear home key are so dirty
that I can't read them. Might help me
in touch typing?
IF keys need to be pressed hard and
or rocked to make the character show
up on the screen then its a 95%
chance you have crud under the keys.
Now first off is the fact that the
stuff falls in-between the keys. You
won't see it all the time when dreck
falls in the areas between the keys.
Cleaning this is in two stages.
1. removal of the keys.
Power OFF Now then I just need one of
my Girl Friends and her fem long
nails. She was great at being able to
slip and slide the stuff out of the
slots between the keys. Since she is
gone, I have to use other things.
Matchbook covers will work, so will
3x5 biz cards and even the sleeve
from a disk works. You need something
semi strong yet soft thing that will
fit between the keys. What is done is
a gentle sort of "sweep" action,
ensuring you go between all the keys.
Personally I go from right to left
and top row to bottom. That is
because I am left handed and it is
easier to go top to bottom for me.
Rarely do I go in an up and down
manner. Unless I see that is the way
it is needed to remove a specific bit
of "dirt". Go slow and soft when you
do this method.
2. Next is the hard part.
You may decide to leave this to
someone else! Because you must remove
the keys. I can't do this without
breaking them! So take that as a
warning. My hands are that bad, so is
my frustration level. On the flip
side, One of my local U.G. members
can pop them off with ease. Guess who
is in charge of doing keyboards
around here?
That key is on a spindle made out of
plastic. Has a proper name that I
don't know. Under the key and around
the spindle is a spring. Press the
key and it goes down making the
contact and the spring sends it back
up again. Crud under that and there
isn't a contact made. Need cleaning
and it is a task that I don't do
myself. You need to carefully lift up
the individual keys. They are
pressure fit on the spindle. Remove
it and the spring. Then clean out the
area with anything from the dry swab,
into a soft little paint brush. I do
worry here about magnetism, but I
also over worry about things. At
times we have had to use a wet with
alcohol swab to remove grime. For the
beginner, this is really something
that I suggest you have help with,
either if a face to face type or
in-depth instructions from some C=
user online. Before you start this
project!
There is much more to say on the C=.
I have written for different C=
publications for years, and given
lectures about this PC. Never enough
time and space to say enough about
this multi talented PC. Let me end
this way.
In 1993ce I was a computer phobic.
Got the C=64 and now at the end of
2007ce. I use the C= PC every day for
almost every computer application.
Have three of them set up for use. I
also Use the gifted Linux system from
time to time for internet areas that
discriminate on the C=. Love my C= PC
and am not getting rid of it.
Understand that I entered this
platform after the big hey days of
the 80s. I am like you a new user to
the C= PC. Now go and have fun with
your C=.
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