Re: Pining away for your old Northgate keyboard?

["Sherry" xywrite@xxxxxxxx]

try taking off the keys.. opening hte keyboard and cleaning carefully
inside.. the shower doesn't sound like such a hot idea to me for
electronics

> > If a keyboard is grimy, you may need something strong like Mr. Clean. Just
> > don't have the sponge too wet, and hold the keyboard *upside down* as you
> > wipe the keys.
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> Jerry Pournelle used to recommend taking your keyboard into the
> shower with you--warm water, no soap. I've never tried this yet, but
> I'm going to have to try it soon--one of my three Northgate OmniKey
> 102s fell victim to a Pepsi spill, and started trying to write my
> novel-in-progress on its own...
>
> Best,
>
>    K-Mac
>
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Sherry@xxxxxxxx
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