crap.. I was just about to throw out a bunch of old broken omnikey parts..
you can have them if you want them I also think i found my omnikey wiring
schematic..

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)

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On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Yaron wrote:

>   Hi all,
>
> This is a sad, sad story.
>
> It's apparently winter now, so I've been discharging static electricity at
> everything. Makes it REALfun to take apart MBoards/RAM/CPUs.
>
> Anyway, as I'm sure many of you know, OmniKeys are the best keyboards in
> the world. One of the good things about them is that they are heavy as
> hell.
>
> Unfortunetly, this is due to a highly conductive steel frame.
>
> So, I sit down, reach for the keyboard - and ZAP it to death.
>
> Yes! I _zapped_ an _OmniKey_ to death. This thing has been around (and in
> constant use!) since 1990. It has had tea, coke, water and various
> foodstuff dropped into it. It has fallen off desks. It has been used as a
> cat bed for several years. NOTHING could kill that keyboard, except
> apparently static discharges.
>
> Oh, it's not COMPLETELY dead. Some keys still work fine. Other, like the B
> key for example, do weird things like printing out "*ZXCVBNM<>?" (yeah,
> the whole row). Spacebar now toggles CAPSLOCK. Some keys send, in addition
> to themselves, an F1.
>
> I now have ONE working OmniKey, and four that kinda work. Anyone know
> somewhere that can fix them? Anyone know of a current keyboard that's even
> remotely as decent, save the Avant Stellar which costs WAY too much? Is
> eBay my only hope?
>
> Sadly typing on a REALLY quiet and mushy keyboard,
>
> -Yaron
>
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