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Old 13th Apr 2021, 8:10 pm   #1603
SiriusHardware
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Default Re: Non-working Commodore PET 3016

I didn't realise the PC was so early, I wasn't really aware of them until the late eighties / early nineties.

Do I not remember seeing a PET as a constant fixture in amongst the background clutter in Leonard & Sheldon's apartment? (The Big Bang Theory).

I had a rummage around at work today and found some rubber dome contacts (image attached). The outer rim is 15mm outside diameter and the 'unpressed' height of the dome is about 5.5mm.

I remember I harvested these from a PC keyboard that was being scrapped for some reason. I think I kept them as potential spares for one of my Atari ST computers but I don't even know if they are the same size as the Atari ones.

Anyway, if the PET ones can be removed from the plungers and these ones are the same size, you are welcome to a few - they would probably be a bit more hard wearing than any paint-on coating you can find.
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