[ale] OT: laptop flat conductor

[joh6nn at hotpop.com (joh6nn)]

Geoffrey wrote:
> I can't imagine purchasing a new keyboard for this laptop for this purpose.

you may want to give it some more thought; i haven't ever tried it 
myself, but i've seen the results of other people's attempts to fix 
those.  you might also see if someone's selling just the cable, though i 
expect if they are, it'll cost about the same as the whole keyboard.