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- From: edlee@chinet.chi.il.us (Edward Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
- Subject: Need an external keyboard adaptor
- Message-ID: <BsvyLt.E1z@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 19:39:28 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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- I bought a new Omnikey keyboard today to use with my Packard Bell
- 386SX/16 computer and discovered that the interface cable that comes
- with the keyboard is incompatible with the Packard Bell laptop's
- external keyboard connector. The external keyboard connector on the
- Packard Bell laptop looks identical to the female connector on the
- Omnikey keyboard, somewhat like this:
-
- o o
- o O o
- o o
-
- However, the interface cable terminates to a standard desktop
- keyboard connector with 5 evenly spaced pins:
-
-
- o o
- o o
- o
-
- Do any of you know of an adaptor cable that will let me use the
- Omnikey keyboard with my Packard Bell laptop?
-
-
- -Ed L
-