![]() (I don't think the small size is causing the problem you describe, but changing the font size will cause a new font to be loaded, and hopefully it will be OK.) StuRat ( talk) 03:01, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply One possibility is that the BIOS (or whatever is controlling the screen display) is expecting a screen resolution of, say, 640×480, but the native resolution of the display is 1024×768 (or something else-I couldn't easily find the resolution of a Toshiba Satellite T2130CT with a Google search). If you are using an MS-DOS command prompt window, you can set the size up to 13×22, which should look much better. ħ6.117.247.55 ( talk) 02:26, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply Your example shows a 7×12 pixel character, which is pretty small. StuRat ( talk) 02:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply They're all the normal ASCII characters, but the lines of the box drawing characters are offset and thicker (than usual) and letters that have descenders (p, g, q, y) seem to stretch like this. There are also the card suit symbols (♠ ♣ ♥ ♦) and some other characters. 76.117.247.55 ( talk) 01:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply Can you describe these ugly characters ? On the usual ASCII code page, characters 128-255 give you lots of special characters for creating single line and double lined rectangles. Is there any way to change the way the characters display? I'm in MS DOS 6.22 running on a Toshiba Satellite T2130CT. One thing I've noticed on a laptop I have is that the extended ASCII characters display in a very ugly way. Apple replacement parts are easily available through. Some are rather simple things that are separate from the casing some require you to replace the casing. StuRat ( talk) 13:04, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply You can replace MacBook keyboards without too much difficulty depending on the model. Had it been necessary to buy a new keyboard, this would mean an additional, external keyboard, in the case of a laptop computer. Lazar Taxon ( talk) 05:54, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply Glad it worked out for you. I was a little apprehensive about the Macbook keys because of their plastic scissor mechanism, but I figured it out. 213.122.48.17 ( talk) 05:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply I successfully removed the key and cleaned under it, and it appears to be better now. There might also be something mechanical displaced at an intermediate stage - often the key presses on a little rubber cup inside the keyboard, which acts as a spring and in turn presses the contacts together: this might have got shifted to one side a bit. These can get corroded, which might be cured by cleaning, but I expect (since it depends where you press) you've just got something stuck under the key. There won't be any contacts to clean at that level, though - to find those you have to take the back off the keyboard, and you're usually looking at two mazes of metal tracks on flexible plastic sheets which are pressed together at certain points by the keyboard action. ![]() ![]() Any tips on how to do it safely? - Lazar Taxon ( talk) 05:03, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply Can't be sure about a Macbook, but on a standard keyboard you can just pry a key off with a screwdriver or a nailfile, clean out any annoying gunk or crumbs, and push it back on. As for removing the key, honestly I've never figured out how to do it on this computer. StuRat ( talk) 01:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply As I said, this is a Macbook, not a desktop. (That's probably what I'd do.) 3) Buy a new keyboard. If that doesn't do any good, pry off the key and clean the contacts with a cotton swab and alcohol. (As a result, I find that r often gets accidentally omitted while I'm typing.) What to do? - Lazar Taxon ( talk) 01:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Reply Some options: 1) Try cleaning the old keyboard. All other keys work fine when I press them that way. When I hit it directly, it types but if I press down on the lower right corner of the key, it doesn't type. And the r key is not as responsive as I would like. ![]()
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