#atari #restoration #repair #retro Close to 2 weeks of work on this, the keyboard was in a very poor state and is still very fragile. I clean the PCB, key caps and key switches before putting it all back together and then fixing all the damaged pads and traces. Next I look at the case and we then put them both back together.

00:00 Intro. 00:30 Cleaning the keyboard PCB. 01:30 Cleaning the key caps. 02:00 Cleaning and testing the key switches. 03:24 Fixing the donated 800XL so we can test the keyboard. 06:54 Starting to reassemble the keyboard. 14:53 Fixing all the damaged pads and traces. 18:46 The first keyboard test. 26:30 The 2nd keyboard test. 35:43 fixing the XL again and doing the 3rd keyboard test. 36:32 Cleaning the case 38:20 reassembling the keyboard and case. 38:39 Help from the other Lee, More fun making it. 46:37 The last few key switches arrive so I can finish this. 48:40 WOW. 49:14 Final words.

Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6epNp1xKkI

Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-cG3xCmP7E

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