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- From: ez022158@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (Matthew Masuda)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Can you extend the A2000 and A3000 keyboard cable?
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 11:07:47 GMT
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- waggoner@pdx159 (Mark Waggoner) writes:
- : Is it possible to extend the keyboard cable of the A2000 and/or A3000?
- : If you have done so, could you tell me how you did it and whether there
- : is anything special to be careful of. From their catalog, it looks like
- : Radio Shack has an extender cable that should fit, or at least has the
- : plug and jack that you need to make a cable. Do all 5 connections need
- : to go straight through? Any RF or operational problems you've encountered
- : with a longer cable?
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- The A3000 keyboard has the same connector as the IBM AT keyboard.
- This means you can use an extension designed for IBM clones.
- I use a 6 foot extension and I haven't had any problems with it.
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- * Matthew C. Masuda * College of Engineering *
- * mcmasuda@ucdavis.edu * University of California, Davis *
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