TI-99/4A key replacement

[Ralph090]

I just recently picked up a TI99/4A at a thrift store, however it is missing its "w" key. Anyone know where I can get a replacement?

[Shift838]

I just recently picked up a TI99/4A at a thrift store, however it is missing its "w" key. Anyone know where I can get a replacement?

 

black or beige?

[Omega-TI]

I just recently picked up a TI99/4A at a thrift store, however it is missing its "w" key. Anyone know where I can get a replacement?

 

Really? The W key? You might have a collectors item there... it might have been in the White House!

[+arcadeshopper]

there's like 4 different kinds of keyboards.. can you put up a picture of the missing key that will help determine which kind it was, there's ones with a box shape the keys fit in, there's ones with a plus shape pin the keys sat on.. black, beige

[+Ksarul]

Yeah, there are a lot of variables when it came to the keytops. If you show us a picture of the spot where your "W" should be, we can figure out if any of us has a spare of the right type of replacement key.

[Ralph090]

Does this help?

 

http://imgur.com/qajudT7

[+Ksarul]

It does, you have the original keytop style. This is the most reliable one out there (although you may occasionally get multiple letters--or even no letters at all with some keys). When it does have issues, a bit of contact cleaner or a careful alcohol swabbing between the little metal fingers and the key will work as good as new. You can also clean the key contacts by just tapping the key a hundred or so times in succession, as that cleans the gunk off too.

 

I'll have to look to see if I have any of this type of keytops in my spare parts bin. . .although someone else may be able to find one first.