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- From: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Can you extend the A2000 and A3000 keyboard cable?
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:10:15 MET
- References: <1993Jan20.074818.4098@ichips.intel.com>
- Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
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- In article <1993Jan20.074818.4098@ichips.intel.com> 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?
-
- I did this a while ago at a computer show. I just used the same standard
- PC keyboard extender cable thats normally used for my 386-40 slave. :-)
- And yes all connections need to go through. I used a 5 foot cable without
- problems on my A2000, but your mileage may vary depending on your mother-
- board revision I heard. Some can handle longer cables than others.
-
- CYa, Paul
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