key board keys

elfuego · 07-February-05, 08:06 PM

does anyone know were i can get a set of keyboard keys just eh keys that are black with letters and symbols on them. i want to paint my key board but cream color keys just wont work and the other people who use the key board need the letters and symbols so i cant just paint over the keys. so i was wondering if i could just get some inexpensive keys some were. any one got any suggestions.

TYCOON · 07-February-05, 08:10 PM

The swallow may fly south for the winter, yet these are not strangers to our land??

Monsignor Funkibut · 07-February-05, 08:29 PM

[It's an old Minolta slogan - do they still exist?]

At some point in my life I started disassembling dead keyboards. I was fascinated with what made them work and dissection of dead ones - from heavy-duty original IBMs to current generics gave me insight.

I kept all the keys - I'm not sure why. They now fill up one of those file boxes.

I'll see if I have a black set. Am almost sure I do as my daughter destroyed a black "Lifetime" Keytronic by dumping cola-product into it.

Or would you prefer to buy - for a very reasonable $10 - a never used black Dell keyboard? Take the keys off, paint, replace the keys - saves some hassle!

-MF

elfuego · 07-February-05, 08:54 PM

yeah it would be easy just o get a black key board, i think i have one. i wasn't thinking of getting a new key board but that does sound easier. i'm going to look into this. anyway the keyboard i was thinking of has flat keys liek the ones on laptops.

tycoon that was brilliant.

Pharaoh · 07-February-05, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elfuego


	tycoon that was brilliant.

Thats deep!

Cyno01 · 07-February-05, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TYCOON


	The swallow may fly south for the winter, yet these are not strangers to our land??

African or European?

TYCOON · 07-February-05, 10:18 PM

Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.....

But then of course a African swallows are non-migratory....

Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together?

mot19 · 07-February-05, 10:21 PM

Hog wash! *clapps coconuts and rides away off to see the witch trials"

elfuego · 08-February-05, 01:46 AM

oh no, i've statrted a monty python quotign thread, spanish inquisition, oh no!

Monsignor Funkibut · 08-February-05, 11:01 AM

Micro Center has a black keyboard for $4. Thats cheeper than I could mail you keys. Plus, the back end of keyboard keys are different - some are little plus signs, others minus signs.

PM me if you want me to hunt but buying sounds cheapest.

-MF

07-February-05, 08:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
elfuego Apex Techie II Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 112	key board keys does anyone know were i can get a set of keyboard keys just eh keys that are black with letters and symbols on them. i want to paint my key board but cream color keys just wont work and the other people who use the key board need the letters and symbols so i cant just paint over the keys. so i was wondering if i could just get some inexpensive keys some were. any one got any suggestions.

07-February-05, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
TYCOON Apex Tech God Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: SCHOOLLLSSS Posts: 4,728	The swallow may fly south for the winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.7GHz DFI LanParty SLI-D 2GBs PC3200 @ PC3500 // 2.5-3-3-6 EVGA 7950GT 512MB @ Stock Audigy 2 ZS 36Gb Raptor (os) 2x300Gb WD SATA 16MB CACHE (storage) 450Watt OCZ modstream Coolermaster Wavemaster

07-February-05, 08:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Monsignor Funkibut Master VB Pr'hoe'grammer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tucker, Ga Posts: 1,855	Only from the mind of Funkibut [It's an old Minolta slogan - do they still exist?] At some point in my life I started disassembling dead keyboards. I was fascinated with what made them work and dissection of dead ones - from heavy-duty original IBMs to current generics gave me insight. I kept all the keys - I'm not sure why. They now fill up one of those file boxes. I'll see if I have a black set. Am almost sure I do as my daughter destroyed a black "Lifetime" Keytronic by dumping cola-product into it. Or would you prefer to buy - for a very reasonable $10 - a never used black Dell keyboard? Take the keys off, paint, replace the keys - saves some hassle! -MF __________________ The Danse, The Parfum, The Man .....

07-February-05, 10:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
TYCOON Apex Tech God Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: SCHOOLLLSSS Posts: 4,728	Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point..... But then of course a African swallows are non-migratory.... Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.7GHz DFI LanParty SLI-D 2GBs PC3200 @ PC3500 // 2.5-3-3-6 EVGA 7950GT 512MB @ Stock Audigy 2 ZS 36Gb Raptor (os) 2x300Gb WD SATA 16MB CACHE (storage) 450Watt OCZ modstream Coolermaster Wavemaster

07-February-05, 10:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
mot19 Apex Tech God Join Date: May 2003 Location: arizona Posts: 2,649	Hog wash! *clapps coconuts and rides away off to see the witch trials" __________________ My Guide to Unlocking the 6800's Extra Pipes My Video Card Overclocking Guide CHECK OUT MY OLD BAND Kill Some Time

07-February-05, 08:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
elfuego Apex Techie II Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 112	yeah it would be easy just o get a black key board, i think i have one. i wasn't thinking of getting a new key board but that does sound easier. i'm going to look into this. anyway the keyboard i was thinking of has flat keys liek the ones on laptops. tycoon that was brilliant.

08-February-05, 01:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
elfuego Apex Techie II Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 112	oh no, i've statrted a monty python quotign thread, spanish inquisition, oh no!

08-February-05, 11:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Monsignor Funkibut Master VB Pr'hoe'grammer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tucker, Ga Posts: 1,855	I see Micro Center has a black keyboard for $4. Thats cheeper than I could mail you keys. Plus, the back end of keyboard keys are different - some are little plus signs, others minus signs. PM me if you want me to hunt but buying sounds cheapest. -MF __________________ The Danse, The Parfum, The Man .....

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