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On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Joseph Manning wrote:
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Robert Dewar mentioned the tabs were the same on a TP750C. Well, I've
got a TP750 mono and my tabs look like this:
/| |\
/ | | \
--| |--
| |
____| |____
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| <----- slider ------> |
It looks like they were designed so you could close the keyboard/LCD
without having to reach for the slider. In fact the tabs only latch
onto the LCD, they don't hold down the keyboard at all - there's a
plastic rail on the keyboard which catches underneath the tabs just
above the slider (see picture). Maybe it's a color/mono thing?
> Right now, the only way I can get the keyboard to open is to pull the
> tabs to one side with my thumbnail and then slide them forward.
I never had a problem opening the keyboard. If I pull the slider back
until they hit a stop, I can open the LCD cover. If I use a little
more force and pull past the stop, the keyboard pops open. I do recall
having some problems opening the keyboard before I got it replaced to
fix the letters coming off.
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