[Blackadder]

Hello all,

I recently bought myself an old second hand A500. I had one many moons ago, and decided that I really wanted one again! Both it and the C64 (of which I have a perfect working model still) were brilliant computers, so I went shopping online.

Problem: The drive works fine and it boots up well, however a number of keys are pretty stuffed up. They stay depressed, and do not spring back up again after hitting them. I am guessing there is some kind of spring system under the keys, but before opening it up and trying my hand I thought it makes sense to ask the experts if they have any idea of what the problem might be, and how to fix it.

One last problem which isn't hardware related, but...

My old kickstart disk seems to have corrupted over the years. Do I need to somehow buy a new one? Or is there another way to get a new copy?

Thank you