Posted By
MIK
on 2013-11-04
05:14:44
 |  Re: plus4 keyboard
Maybe they are worn and not touching properly.
I have never taken the keys apart so not sure on that one.
Most common keys that are pressed would be, RETURN, SPACE, RUNSTOP, L,O,A,D,1,0 and the arrow keys I would imagine.
I had the RETURN mess up once on an A500 and to solve the problem I stuck tin foil over the board contacts for that key which helped, just to add a few millimeters so the key could make a connection. Maybe the rubber shrinks over time too...
Maybe try and get hold of a spare Plus/4 just for the keyboard if it's that bad? Most of us have more than 1 Plus/4 because they were not built to last be it keyboard or the chips inside. 
If your playing a lot of 16k classic games another option is to grab a C16 as they have better keyboards. I use a C16 now days just for that reason as the Plus/4's can be a bit too fragile to be wasted playing stuff that runs perfectly on a C16, if you know what I mean. I started with a Plus.4 too. 
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