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- From: hermit@am.ucsc.edu (William R. Ward)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Wanted: Replacement keyboard for C128 or C128D
- Message-ID: <HERMIT.92Aug30011747@am.ucsc.edu>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 08:17:47 GMT
- Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC
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- I have a Commodore 128 with a keyboard that's been typed into the
- grave. It works, but it's sticky and icky and just worn out. One of
- the modifications I made to my 128 was to liberate the keyboard from
- the confines of the case (via a pair if DB25 connectors and a 25-pin
- ribbon cable; thank ghod Commodore finally did something
- standardized!), and the Commodore 128D has a compatible (but with
- genders reversed) cable, so I would like to get a 128D keyboard. If
- someone out there has a dead 128D and would like to get some $$$ out
- of their keyboard, or if you have a 128 and would like to sell me your
- keyboard, please send mail.
-
- I'm not interested in replacing the whole system--even though mine is
- an old (1985 I think) model, it works quite well.
-
- I have also been thinking about hacking together an interface to use a
- standard IBM-PC style keyboard with the 128. One would have to make a
- device that interprets the scan-codes of the PC's keyboard, and
- generates the equivalent keypresses on the 25 pins of the 128's
- keyboard. Has anyone tried this? I know that there is a product like
- this for the Apple II computers, perhaps someone (Dr. Evil Labs or
- CMD?) has made a product that does this at some point?
-
- So if you have any leads on these ideas, or ideas of your own, please
- send me mail. I don't have the time to stay up to date on the
- newsgroups, so please mail me a copy even if you decide to post to the
- net.
-