Re: flat 128 KB for 128D KB

From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2005-09-27 15:32:00

>>>>> "RR" == RolfMiller  <RolfMiller@aol.com> writes:

RR> Can a flat 128 keyboard replace a 128D keyboard? I attempted this
RR> by rounding the edges of the flat 128 KB connector so it would
RR> connect to one side of a male-to-male 25-pin D cable and pluged
RR> the other end into the 128D. The computer came on, but the keys,
RR> if they responded at all, produced the wrong characters -- space
RR> bar produced E, etc. Rolf

I transplanted a keyboard from a C128 to a C128DCR. Internally, they
are identical. You have to desolder the old keyboard (and be sure to
note which wires go where) and solder the new one in its place.

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