Turbo R space bar

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By Daemos

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05-03-2014, 16:17

Is the panasonic turbo's spacebar suposed to be stucky? It works the way it should but when pressed more away from the middle it really feels stucky or choppy. Is this normal?

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By Manuel

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05-03-2014, 17:37

no, sound like it needs cleaning.

By meits

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05-03-2014, 19:03

If you press it totally left, does the right side go up? In that case you're missing your stabelizer bar... If you press it on a side in that situation, it'll go harder because you press a piston into a cylinder...

By luppie

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05-03-2014, 20:10

I always found the spacebar of Panasonic machines a bit stucky. (compared to Philips MSX's)

By Daemos

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05-03-2014, 22:33

Stabilizer bar? Any photo footage? How can it go missing?

By meits

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05-03-2014, 23:00

It's an iron bar mounted underneath the visible plastic space bar... It keeps the space bar levelled...
Most big keys on keyboards have them...
I received a turbo R without this iron bar... Luckily I had a spare keyboard from which I took it... Got no pics of it since such a keyboard is quite a job to disassemble and I'm quite clumsey with that...

By Daemos

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06-03-2014, 08:07

Yep no iron bar to be found. Great, another problem to be fixed. Anyone who has one that can trow it underneath a scanner for me so I have the exact 1:1 dimensions?

By meits

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06-03-2014, 08:44

I'll check this week if I can pop open my MSX2+ for that... Don't wanna ruin my turbo's keyboard Wink

By Daemos

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06-03-2014, 10:15

I just popped one out of an old keyboard and looks like the type of steel and thickness should match. Only the length will be non matching. With some bending around this should be no problem for reproduction. I am gonna crack some more keyboards open. Smile

By Daemos

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06-03-2014, 10:57

How does one remove the space bar from the turbo R keyboard. Is it just popping out or do I have to open up the entire keyboard?

By anonymous

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06-03-2014, 14:00

The guy who did mine put two screwdrivers underneath the space bar and gently popped it up. After he took out the entire keyboard that is.

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