re clamshell keyboard

[e.mkeene]

> I just googled clamshell keyboard as 2 words and got 43000+
> hits, as a single phrase got 167 hits (54 displayed), most
> for Palm keyboards.  Only 1 apparent useful hit, an eBay, but
> it seems to me that a component like a used laptop keyboard
> is not something I'd want to buy sight unseen & without a
> guarantee & from a private party.

Check with Apple,  MacResQ and MCE for new clamshell keyboards. The new 
ones should run in the neighborhood of $125-150 and should have some 
warranty attached to them.