Reconnecting to the Bee

[mjelic]

Firstly, welcome to the forum, thought I recognized the name

Yes those keys are a pain. I have one here that a friend dropped off to check out, I eventually got the Return key to work and the down arrow   Wiggle the key cap helps.

Two solutions to the keys, as someone said, de-solder all the keys, pull them apart and clean the small carbon impregnated donut and resolder back in.  Or have a word to Ewan to get a Keyboard Kit and fit new keys, I've done that to 5 of my bees so far and still need more done.

Also join up to the Repository and check out our Talking Electronics folder

I'm hoping to land one of these new replacement keyboard when they get back in stock. It sounds like cleaning these old keys is a pain and only temporary.

OK, so I don't recognise your handle... Spit it out.

What is "the Repository" ?

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Make sure the pull up resistor SIP pack is a 33K or 22K type some keyboards had 4.7K which is too low for reliable operation. 

Thanks, Robert... I'll take a look.