CLASSICCMP digest 79 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Jun 1997

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 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:47:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sam Ismail &lt;dastar(a)crl.com&gt;
Subject: C64 thingy 
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 I picked up a Commodore 64 a while ago that had this
special board 
inside.  It was inserted between the keyboard and the motherboard.  IE. 
it had a connector that plugged into the keyboard rolex connector on the 
motherboard and then the keyboard ribbon cable plugged into it.  Then it 
had a 9-pin male D-type connector than came out the back of the C64.  My 
guess is that it was for a numeric keypad or something.  I forgot what 
was stamped on the circuit board.  Any ideas? 
  Sounds like a keypad connector to me, I think it may be a Cardco
keypad (there I think was an option to plug it into the joystick port
and interface it via software.

  I have some other brand which uses a DIP connector (like old apple
paddle/joysticks), unfortunately I do not have the 64 with the interface
board though.

          Larry Anderson
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