Posted By
gmontag451
on 2010-07-16
18:45:41
|  Plus/4 keyboard
I really love the look and feel of the Plus/4 keyboard and case. If I were to buy a dead Plus/4, do you think it'd be reasonably possible to adapt the keyboard connector so I could run a cable from the Plus/4 to the keyboard socket of a different Commodore computer, say the 128 or 64? I realize each computer has different keys, but could the shared keyset be utilized?
Michael
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Posted By
SVS
on 2010-07-17
02:52:39
 | Re: Plus/4 keyboard
I think no.
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Posted By
Chicken
on 2010-07-17
09:25:40
 | Re: Plus/4 keyboard
We have some hardware experts on the forum who are partying at AROK right now. So you should wait for them to drop by.
I'm a bit more optimistic then SVS 
If I recall correctly plus/4 and C16 have (despite the different connector) a "technically" similar keyboard.
Furthermore, I assume that C16 and C64 (not C 128) have a similar keyboard connector (I have seen C64s equipped with C16 keyboards and also KEYRAH seems to have the same connector for C16 and C64 keyboards).
So I think this is possible. A problem could be cable length and I'm not sure if the RESTORE key on C64 needs some special wiring.
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Posted By
gmontag451
on 2010-07-18
01:09:36
| Re: Plus/4 keyboard
Heh partying would be nice right now! I'll check back in a few and see what comes up, thanks!
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