Apple II plus keyboard

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Apple II plus keyboard

Hi, I'm looking for a II plus keyboard to buy. I make the mistake to disassemble mine to check a repeat key problem, and I learned that those keyboard with metal sheet can't be reasembled in a working condition. So, if someone has one to sell...

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What's a keyboard with a

What's a keyboard with a metal sheet? Can you provide a picture?

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this one:https://imgur.com/a

this one:

https://imgur.com/a/2ye8Gz9

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That looks like a Mac

That looks like a Mac keyboard not one for an Apple ][+  ???

 

 

 

 

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The Apple II+ keyboard is in

The Apple II+ keyboard is in the lower half of the picture.

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yes, exactly :-)

yes, exactly :-)

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Oh, I get it...  I've never

Oh, I get it...  I've never seen one of those before.  I'd heard of them but I don't think they were very common.  Most of the keyboards are either the early kind which used Datanetics switches or the later ones with used key switches made by TKC, which Apple bought.  These must have been in the middle somewhere.  What style are the key caps and what does the rest of the switch obove those little metal plates look like?

 

 

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Chuck Hutchins repairs this keyboard

Chuck Hutchins does a repair of this type of keyboard.  

https://youtu.be/7YIoQk4L8AY

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It's entirely possible to

It's entirely possible to repair these keyboards and I've repaired several.

The only thing you can't repair is if you break one of the foil's metal "fingers"

 

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Thanks. I tried more than 5

Thanks. I tried more than 5 hours, I didn't managed to re-assemble it in a way that make it work. Do you offer service repair ? The small pin aren't broken. 

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