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Where to get HP calculator keyboard parts ?
Message #1 Posted by Bernhard on 2 May 2005, 5:30 p.m.

Can anyone on this list point to a source of HP calculator keyboard parts other than buying limping ones at Ebay and slaughtering them instead of repairing them ? All what's needed is the upper shell with still readable key legends and the keys themselves. Even hopeless battery acid fatalities would be fine.

      
Re: Where to get HP calculator keyboard parts ?
Message #2 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 2 May 2005, 8:50 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Bernhard

I assume you're talking about HP-41 keyboards.
Due to their construction (many heat stakes)
it doesn't make too much sense to 'repair' these keyboards.
There are many 'dead' HP-41s with still intact keyboards around,
most of them on eBay, but for reasonable prices.

AFAIK even HP simply replaced the complete upper case shell
instead of fiddling out the keyboard pcb.
The standard service parts were the IO block,
the CPU board, the battery holder, the lower case half,
the upper case half with the keyboard pcb and display,
and the U-shaped spacer between them.

            
Where to get HP calculator keyboard parts ?
Message #3 Posted by Bernhard on 3 May 2005, 4:22 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Raymond Del Tondo

Thanks, Raymond, but my attempt to save Web bit traffic obviously has led to confusion. Sorry for this. To be more specific: I am seeking said plastic parts (upper shell and keys) for all Classic, Woodstock and Spice models. On Classics which have a plastic grating between the keyboard and the PCB this grating would be welcome, too. I don't need any keyboard PCB or any electronics, and I need one complete set of said keyboard parts for each HP model. Maybe some of you are those hardcore collectors or do know such (presumably shy) guys who have large garbage drums full such sad remains of once proud HP calculators (I know such folks are lurking on this list). Any hint or offer is welcome.


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