current state of affairs on the Amiga keyboard traces, i got it like this from the person i bought i from computerfairi.es/media/TXD3-6c

attempted repair.. looks like this might be the only trace broken, even if the rest isn't great

considering putting clear nail polish on the rest but worried it might make it worse

need to see if i have a replacement for that blue cap computerfairi.es/media/0mxuJOf computerfairi.es/media/PcoJEV9

cap cleanup.. none of the original pads remain but shouldn't be hard to tap into the ones the old owner/technician uncovered, apparently with a jackhammer computerfairi.es/media/omA7Lz2

also the qtip i used to clean left a lot of cotton behind in this picture but i can't see anything with the naked eye. not sure how to get rid of it

cap replacement looks good but i think the via at the top is supposed to go to some other pin because now there's a short across the new cap? i think i just read the schematic wrong (having a picture of a non destroyed board without the caps would help IMMENSELY)

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went through the trouble of removing the cap... those two "pads" are already shorted by default?

i don't know if this is right or not

*wipes brow*
i think the negative of the cap (-12v supply only goes to the other side of the board through the via after all

now to see if the keyboard works fine
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oh my circuits all rows are working

only the spacebar doesn't seem to be cooperating well because the conductive pad below it might be worn out

this is the first time I've gotten this keyboard working properly since i bought this back in 2007
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measuring continuity across every key pads showed around 100-300 ohm across each, except for the spacebar which showed over 1k. so i took some conductive paint and put some over the pad and dried it with a hair drier, now the spacebar measures around 100 ohms and works perfectly!
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and now that i have this rgb cable i can FINALLY play PAL games in the proper resolution and colour aaaa computerfairi.es/media/r_u6fxU

@squirrel if I were any good at art I'd be drawing a picture of you wearing overalls and brandishing a soldering iron as "Repair Girl maple"

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