Progress is overrated...

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>be 1969
>key breaks on Sanders Terminal keyboard
>unscrew the rear panel
>desolder keyswitch
>replace it with a new one
>reassemble

>be 1989
>trace breaks on Toshiba T3100e keyboard
>unscrew keyboard assembly
>bridge the connection with some spare wirewrap wire
>reassemble

>be 2009
>power switch breaks on Thinkpad X200 keyboard
>unscrew keyboard assembly and trackpoint
>remove battery and BIOS battery
>reconnect PSU to
>BIOS fortunately boots it without needing the switch
>back to repairing the keyboard...
>take plastic cover off the top switch assembly
>the power button is part of the membrane
>remove all the keys and switches to get to the membrane
>flip keyboard over
>peel off plastic sheet that covers the whole thing
>there's plastic rivets under it
>maybe 20 of them
>start cutting them off with a Stanley knife
>peel the membrane off
>peel the layers of the membrane apart
>bridge break in the connection with conductive pen
>start putting the membrane back
>put keys back
>superglue small offcuts of plastic to the rivet stems to secure it back
>put keyboard back
>screw it it

What happened, /g/?