On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 4:11:45 PM UTC-6, David Jones wrote:   
   > I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions.  I have a TRS-80 model 4   
   with a membrane keyboard.  The ribbon cable has two broken traces.  Does   
   anyone have any suggestion on how repair the ribbon?  FYI, the ribbon cable is   
   the same material as the    
   membrane in the keyboard, i.e. one big piece.   
   >    
   > Thanks   
   >    David   
      
   I haven't done this, but depending on your skill level with soldering irons   
   and such, it may be possible. it also depends where the foil trace is broken.   
   You could take a x-acto  knife to cut the membrane around the open trace and   
   solder strands from a    
   small gauge wire and recover with heavy packing tape. Or you may be able to   
   solder a piece of wire point to point from ckt board to connector. there are   
   more possibles but I am tired of typing with one hand (broken arm). Post a pic   
   and maybe a better    
   suggestion will show up.   
      
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