Broken X key on A1200

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I'm sure it's fixable.  If you posted a picture of the broken part it would probably go much further towards fixing it than a million words.  However if you don't feel like hunting down repair parts it looks like AmigaKit has replacement A1200 keyboards in stock for $27:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=336

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Wow, the A1200 used springs instead of those little rubber smooshy things?  That's nice.  For once C= didn't totally cheap out, LOL.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Somebody with the replacement key should be able to get you fixed right up. Of course you will need to remove the broken bit of "shaft" from down inside the keyboard. Tweezers or needle nose pliers should work fine for that. Also, you're missing a piece - the mushy rubber "spring" described earlier. I think yours should look something like this pic of one of mine (attached pic). Of course this is an A2000...

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I think I'll remove one of the blank keys instead.

Your choice, but you really should listen to what he's telling you, as it will be much easier.  FYI the blank keys are used for other keymaps, so they might be blank on yours, but for keyboards used in other countries they'd have characters printed on them.

In any case, given your limited technical skill I'd suggest you might be better off paying the $27 (19 EUR?) for a brand new UK-layout keyboard from AmigaKit.  That sounds like a heck of a deal to me, and there's videos on YouTube showing how to swap it out.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Buying all these screwdrivers will probably wind up costing just as much as the replacement keyboard. Or just do what Gertsy said. IMHO.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Ummm... it's been over two months and you still haven't been able to fix this?  Didn't removing the other key make it pretty obvious how these things go together?  IMHO this repair might be beyond your current skillset, save yourself the trouble and buy a new keyboard.  :angry: