A little over a decade ago I bought a brand new Apple IIe Platinum keyboard. I tucked it away in a bin of various computer parts thinking I'd use it one day when I "needed" it. Well I thought I'd install it yesterday, thinking why wait, save the older keyboard for a spare. So I hauled it out and went to install it.
The caps lock key was detached. I thought nothing of it at the moment but when I turned the keyboard over to my horror I saw that it had been damaged beyond repair while in storage. Make that poor storage. A corner of the circuit board had been snapped, severing at least 4 traces. I'm sure a clever person with excellent soldering skills could probably fix it, but I'm not that person.
So I decided that I'd at least remove the key caps and swap them. The camera on my phone is poor and has no flash, but here are the before and after results.
Old key caps:
New key caps:
While disappointed at my lack of care for this keyboard over the years, overall I'm happy with the resulting aesthetic improvement.
So I decided that I'd at least remove the key caps and swap them. The camera on my phone is poor and has no flash, but here are the before and after results.
New key caps:
While disappointed at my lack of care for this keyboard over the years, overall I'm happy with the resulting aesthetic improvement.
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