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How to fix a key on an Amiga or CDTV keyboard
I use a CDTV keyboard with my AmigaOne, so I can have the real Amiga keyboard experience, but in black to match the case of the computer. Recently, the left shift key started wearing out, and I would have to press it quite hard for it to register.
This made programming quite frustrating. After popping off the key cap, I found that pushing a bit of wire into the hole reliably completed the circuit for the shift key. So, I cut off the leg of a spare capacitor I had lying around, folded it in two, and pushed it into the underside of the shift key. Now I have a perfectly functional CDTV keyboard again! It should also work on most other Amiga keyboards, but if you try it and it breaks your keyboard, don't blame me!
Here is a terrible, blurred image of the key, pin and a 10p coin for scale. Sorry its so rubbish, the camera on my phone is normally great, abut apparently not for close-ups in poor light.
This made programming quite frustrating. After popping off the key cap, I found that pushing a bit of wire into the hole reliably completed the circuit for the shift key. So, I cut off the leg of a spare capacitor I had lying around, folded it in two, and pushed it into the underside of the shift key. Now I have a perfectly functional CDTV keyboard again! It should also work on most other Amiga keyboards, but if you try it and it breaks your keyboard, don't blame me!
Here is a terrible, blurred image of the key, pin and a 10p coin for scale. Sorry its so rubbish, the camera on my phone is normally great, abut apparently not for close-ups in poor light.
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