Sorry to hear about your misfortune...
From your description it's hard to say what's wrong (could even be multiple problems). I'd start by double-checking the keyboard connection and removing all the expansion cards.
The fact that you've seen Spanish on screen would suggest that this IIe has dual character roms... a lot of the Canadian ones have French characters which can be selected via a small rocker switch under the front edge of the case, I'd guess the same would be true in other regions. I'm wondering if a faulty selector switch could cause the keyboard issues you describe.
Another common problem is corrosion on the socketed chips. Quite often you can remedy this by *carefully* prying them up a little and then firmly reseating them.
Hope that helps,
-s
From your description it's hard to say what's wrong (could even be multiple problems). I'd start by double-checking the keyboard connection and removing all the expansion cards.
The fact that you've seen Spanish on screen would suggest that this IIe has dual character roms... a lot of the Canadian ones have French characters which can be selected via a small rocker switch under the front edge of the case, I'd guess the same would be true in other regions. I'm wondering if a faulty selector switch could cause the keyboard issues you describe.
Another common problem is corrosion on the socketed chips. Quite often you can remedy this by *carefully* prying them up a little and then firmly reseating them.
Hope that helps,
-s