Re: Custom keyboards

[Manuel Castelao castelao@xxxxxxxx]

Jordan,
That was the problem with my Omnikey Ultra: non-responsive keys once and
once again.

M. Castelao

J R FOX wrote:
> My impression was that you needed to really pound away at these (and the
> Avants) for *many* years, spill crumbs and coffee on them, or etc., in
> order to break one. I did have one original Omnikey that developed a
> couple of sticking or non-responsive keys, -- after 10+ years of hard
> use -- that I think wound up being stuck in a closet, though I suspect
> it was still repairable. (I'm in a much less dusty environment
> nowadays, which has to be a good thing . . . both for me and for the
> keyboard.)
>
>   Jordan
>
>
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>   Manuel Castelao replied:
>
> Unhappily, my old Omnikey Ultra died several years ago, after several
> repairs by B. Tibbetts... Perfect keyboard layout. Anyhow, the IBM-style
> Unicomp "touch" is better.
> Manuel Castelao
>
>  >
>  > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Robert Holmgren wrote:
>  >
>  >  Bob Tibbetts is a saint
>  >  (http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/
>  >  )! He fixes them,
>  >  sells them.
>  >
>  > ’He repaired a 1992 OmniKey Ultra of mine, had a few sticking keys.
>  > Cleaned it up. ’Works like new. Cost me about $60 with the shipping.
>  > FW.
>  >