Re: [Thinkpad] Swapping Thinkpad keyboards

ibm still sells new 600 series keyboards..
and keyboards are cheep cheep these days..
(yes, i know, should be cheap, but i have a very big bird
sitting on my shoulder watching my type)

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
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Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Swapping Thinkpad keyboards

> I've gotten a couple at pcpartsfinder.com in the past. It
looked like
> most keyboards were in the $40 to $60 range, but I didn't
check
> extensively. If your keyboard doesn't work but the rest
of your
> older ThinkPad does, I think getting a new keyboard for
$60 is
> better than getting a new ThinkPad...
>
> Usually they're pretty simple to take out. You have to be
wary of
> small ribbon cables that connect the keyboard that aren't
long
> enough (the 1451i comes to mind), but other than that it
isn't bad.
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
> On Friday 25 July 2003 03:14 pm, M. Crane wrote:
> > Wait--stolen cars are marked with the serial numbers of
old Thinkpad
> > keyboards? That's ingeeenius.
> >
> > Hey, but seriously--for an older TP, like a TP 600, is
there evena source
> > for replacement keyboards, and if so, would it even be
cost effective?
> >
> > At 08:05 PM 7/23/2003 +0200, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Micha=B3?=
Pasternak wrote:
> > >STeve Andre' [Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 01:59:03PM -0400]:
> > >[...]
> > >
> > > > I don't see how they couldn't keep that data and
refer to it.
> > > > Which is why I'm asking.
> > >
> > >Well, try the same thing people do with stolen cars:
mark the new keyboard
> > >with the old S/N ;>
> >
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