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Yup. Right on top of the bag. Makes things a bit easy.

Ah awesome, do you have a rough idea how much it would be to ship to Australia? (and the cost of the cap + maybe a spare switch since the "oval" part is broken)




Afaik you can't just pull the caps off like on all the other boards. You ...

Cool thanks! I haven't got a reply from him yet but I'll just wait to see what happens. I'm in Australia so shipping could be a nightmare, but I'll update here if I get a response.

@hellothere do you happen to have a ~ key cap even if its the wrong color?

VelonicV wrote: 15 Feb 2021, 04:26 Would recommend reaching out to orihalcon on eBay, he helped me get a replacement keycap for my NEC board when I had the same issue. I think he may have a set of spares and he might be able to sell you some.

I'll reach out to him, thanks! Fingers crossed.

Afaik you can't just pull the caps off like on all the other boards. You have to do somewhat of a twisting motion... Maybe check the wiki on this before you proceed. Other than that I'd say just disassemble and clean like any other board. Those switches are also not easy to open up apparently ...

Hi All,

I've recently acquired an old NEC mechanical keyboard, it's missing the `(~) key and the key switch appears to be damaged, the rest also needs a thorough clean.

Does anyone have any idea where I can get a replacement switch and key cap? They appear to be NEC Blue ovals from my googling ...