I appear to have killed my A1200 keyboard

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I appear to have killed my A1200 keyboard

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seems i've killed my a1200 keyboard membrane (after having it for less than a month :()

I've ordered a USB thing to use instead but does anyone know which row i've killed...

QWERTY -> ENTER are all dead.

No obvious break on the keyboard membrane.
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Re: I appear to have killed my A1200 keyboard

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Just cut squarely 1mm off the bottom of the Membrane connector , I`ve done it a few times it does work , just do not cut off more than 1mm at time. those membrane connectors are as shite as they come, just breath on them and the strip connectors disappear ! :)
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supaduper wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:56 pm Just cut squarely 1mm off the bottom of the Membrane connector , I`ve done it a few times it does work , just do not cut off more than 1mm at time. those membrane connectors are as shite as they come, just breath on them and the strip connectors disappear ! :)
No joy. same symptoms.
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Re: I appear to have killed my A1200 keyboard

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Man that`s a bummer, but it`s rarely that a track is burnt and it will look obvious around the keyboard connector, I`d still bet its a dodgy membrane
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Yeah I seem to have killed my membrane
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Yeah i got a new one 2 weeks ago. thats the issue.
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terriblefire wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:15 pm Yeah i got a new one 2 weeks ago. thats the issue.
Did you kill it or did it kill itself? If you got one and it died within two weeks the seller should send you a new one. Unless you did something to it, of course.
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Re: I appear to have killed my A1200 keyboard

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kludge wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:53 pm
terriblefire wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:15 pm Yeah i got a new one 2 weeks ago. thats the issue.
Did you kill it or did it kill itself? If you got one and it died within two weeks the seller should send you a new one. Unless you did something to it, of course.
I probably yanked it in the lab... and it was a freebie from the seller.. so its on me.
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utri007 wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:00 pm You can get new membarane here : https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/detai ... a%29-22779
I got quite a lot of membranes from this seller. Amiga 500,ZX81, ZX spectrum +, and quite few were faulty.
Seller was great, and did replace them.

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