Re: [SLE] Keyboard test

At 08:55 PM 9/6/2006 -0400, James Knott wrote:

Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Paul Abrahams <abrahams@xxxxxxx> [09-06-06 19:54]:
Is there a Linux program around, preferably part of the SuSE
distribution, for testing all the keys on my keyboard? I washed one
of my keyboards and it had stuck keys for a while. I want to be sure
that they're all gone.

And an aside: what are folks' favorite ways of cleaning keyboards?

I have a programmable 133 key gateway 2000 keyboard (dated 10-02-92)
that I got with a 286 (about that time). I remove the keys, vacuum,
and clean with lens solution, then air dry. Never a problem.

Many years ago, I used to repair video terminals (remember them?). I'd
often wash the keyboards under the hot water tap. Clean water is not
harmful to electronics. In fact, many circuit boards are cleaned with
hot water or steam during manufacture.

James is correct. Back in the late 60's, I worked for a very large, and
very savvy electronics firm, and I discovered that they cleaned test
equipment under a hose! But no soap, please. Whatever is in soap tends
to be corrosive. But clear water is fine, so long as it gets dry before
you turn anything on. Nowadays, circuit boards may be manufactured with
a solder flux that's water soluble, and the boards can be washed. Thanx to
the DEP. (And finally, there is now a flux that can just be left on the
pcb, and no cleaning at all is done.)

Some other correspondant mentioned a dishwasher. I would think not. I've
seen wooden salad bowls and the handle of a frying pan badly damaged by the
hot water. I think the temperatures get up into the 130~150 degree F
range. You wouldn't want to stick your hand in that. He may have lucked
out, but I wouldn't try it, myself.

As far as a program, what could be better than pushing all the keys?


--doug


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