8 Jan
2003
8 Jan
'03
3:48 a.m.
The keyboard used with an XT is different than that used with an AT and
above.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Hudson [mailto:rhudson@cnonline.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:32 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: An original Compaq "portable"
The most difficult part was finding an AT compatible
keyboard that
fits the case. Compaq did make some (used in a 286 version of the
Portable) but they're not easy to find.
Wouldn't a keyboard adapter work? Use the keyboard you got and just
adapt it to the motherboard.
8 Jan
8 Jan
7:29 a.m.
--- "Feldman, Robert" <Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com> wrote:
The keyboard used with an XT is different than that
used with an AT and
above.
I'll agree in the case of the Portable vs the Portable II, but for
some machines built during the transition, there were switchable
keyboards that would work with either... I'm using one now. I've
had it for over 10 years. It came with an XT clone I bought off my
old college roommate... Paid him $100 for the PC, then a year or two
later, parted it out for $120 and kept the keyboard. Nothing remarkable
about it, but it seems to have withstood years of Wolf3D/Doom/Quake
with flying colors. The stamp on the bottom identifies it as a Key
Tronic EP3435XTATE (the switches let you select XT, AT or "Enhanced")
-ethan
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8:53 a.m.
--- "Feldman, Robert"
<Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com> wrote:
> The keyboard used with an XT is different than that used with an AT and
> above.
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'll agree in the case of the Portable vs the
Portable II, but for
Try the "PORTABLE 286".
It is the case configuration of the "portable", but is 286, and has an AT
compatible keyboard.
some machines built during the transition, there were
switchable
keyboards that would work with either... I'm using one now. I've
But are you claiming that there were SWITCHABLE keyboards that would
physically fit the "PORTABLE" case?????
Your Keytronics will NOT fit and latch to the "PORTABLE" case.
Although admittedly, I never felt that the keyboard used by Compaq fit
properly. The length of travel of the latches was grossly inadequate for
the intended usage. A very mild bump at the wrong angle would pop the
keyboard off. Used to happen quite often to Compaq using yuppies on
airport escalators.
had it for over 10 years. It came with an XT clone I
bought off my
old college roommate... Paid him $100 for the PC, then a year or two
later, parted it out for $120 and kept the keyboard. Nothing remarkable
about it, but it seems to have withstood years of Wolf3D/Doom/Quake
with flying colors. The stamp on the bottom identifies it as a Key
Tronic EP3435XTATE (the switches let you select XT, AT or "Enhanced")
-ethan
1:06 p.m.
--- "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
No. I was attempting to specifically agree that in the case of
the Portable/Portable II, you were stuck, but that with _other_
clones, you could have one keyboard that worked for both types
of motherboards. Perhaps my language was insufficiently explicit.
I'll agree in the case of the Portable vs the
Portable II, but for
some machines built during the transition, there
were switchable
keyboards that would work with either... I'm using one now. I've
But are you claiming that there were SWITCHABLE keyboards that would
physically fit the "PORTABLE" case????? Your Keytronics will NOT fit and latch to the
"PORTABLE" case.
Of course.
-ethan
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