21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
9:34 p.m.
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Chris wrote:
I used a keyboard cable for some sort of HP gear, I had 2-3 brand new ones
laying around, and figured they might work.
I have a non
working 128k unit I'd sure like to get around to fixing...It
actually worked before I located a keyboard and mouse for it, I think I
used the wrong type of keyboard cable. When I powered it up with the
keyboard, heard a snap, and it didn't work anymore :/
YIKES!
Yeah, the keyboard cable is supposed to be straight pinned (or was that
cross pinned... no it was straight pinned). A standard phone cable is
cross pinned (or was that straight pinned... no was cross pinned... LOL).
If you use a standard phone cable, you will fry the keyboard controller
chip. I am sure that was the snap you heard. You can always use the mouse and the Key Caps desk
accessory, type by
clicking the letters, then choose cut and paste to move it to whatever
you are trying to type in... PITA, but it actually does work (I had to do
it once when my sister took the keyboard away from me, and I had to get a
paper finished for school... it took me all night, but I finished it...
and promptly beat the stuffing out of her the next morning)
Eh...I've got other working machines, so I don't think I need to use it
quite *that* bad :)
-Toth