A1200 Kb green ribbon-cable detached HELP

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To clean this old 1200 I had to separate the parts.

But the keyboard slipped from the place where I tried to secure it, and the green ribbon-cable connecting it to the MoBo detached itself from its white plastic connector on the MoBo.

I managed to put it back in place, but it seems that it would require some tool that I don't have. I mean it was "plugged" deeper thazn what I can replace it, I dont want to use too much force 8-)

I'd post photos, but the batteries are dead  :-(
I will soon.

Anyway, only this cable links the KB to the amiga, so my questions are :*

# Is this cable meant to be detached and put back in place ?
# By what means ? Dataching the white plastic plug from the mobo ? Or rather pull the cable from the keyboard ?

# Is this part replacable ? Or can I, using a proper technique , replace this ribbon cable in its white plastic housing ?

Thank you.

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WOW, this is some HWare hacking

Thank you for the replies.

It is now clear that I have to gently tear off the white plastic from the Mobo, then place the ribbon cable init, and replace the whole assemblage.

The cable itself looks perfectly good, witch is very good because electro paint is not in store here (good name, sounds like a technoid demo-party name:)

The cool thing is that I now can clean up the parts separately. if you'd see this you'd hit me with the thing right away  :-D

Oh, any advice and pitfalls about CLEANING up a 1200 on witch a cow ####ted ? Nah, kidding, but its VERY dirty, and rusty, and I did'nt know that A1200 HD's were so tiny!
No wonder the prices of those at the time...
So hey, if someone setup a website as good as this one on the 4K, only about the 1200, please post the link.

Thank you !

pX

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BTW I found this, quite fun 2 read :

Cleaning Beer Spill from an A500 - A600 - A1200

... And useful. I mean, who did not spill the horror across his A500 KB ? Please stand up , please stand up :-P

Didya notice the color of what I'm drinking ? This used to look like coke (when it was in fact not:) but now it's guiness.

You cannot get boinged like this on coca-cola, for sure. I'm only drinking coke when I'm *very* ill, it acts somehow as a medicine on me (and taste like it too)

pX