[Coco] Coco 3 keyboard (again)

[Brian Blake]

Yes. I've got a TDP-100 with a CoCo 3 keyboard.
On Aug 8, 2015 4:03 PM, "Joel Ewy" <jcewy at swbell.net> wrote:

> On 08/08/2015 08:50 AM, Rogelio Perea wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 8 2015, Rich Mellor (RWAP) wrote:
>>
>> I did ask a couple of years ago if there would be enough interest to get a
>>
>>> run
>>> of replacement membranes made, but unfortunately, there were only a
>>> couple
>>> of
>>> people interested.
>>>
>>> In reality to get prices realistic, you are looking at a production run
>>> of
>>> 250
>>> membranes, but the investment required is quite high (around £3,000 at a
>>> guess).
>>>
>>> If there is enough interest, then maybe the answer would be for someone
>>> to
>>> run a
>>> kickstarter?
>>>
>>> Hello Rich,
>>
>> ...
>> Question for the list members who may be more familiar with the CoCo
>> membranes lay out: Are the CoCo 2 & 3 membranes the same layout
>> throughout?
>> The CoCo 3 has the two extra F1 & F2 pads, if that's the one difference
>> could a possible run of membranes be laid out so it would be a one size
>> fits both CoCo models? What about the CoCo 1's layout?
>>
>>
>> -- RP
>>
>> I can vouch that a CoCo 3 keyboard can work in a CoCo 1.  When I put a
> CoCo 3 in a mini tower case way back when, I had this spare keyboard lying
> around.  The chicklet in my original CoCo 1 wasn't doing so well, so I
> concocted a way to wedge the spare CoCo 3 keyboard into it.  I used a short
> length of ribbon cable with a card edge connector on the end of it.  The
> mylar is too thin to fit snugly by itself, of course, but I cut a little
> strip of PCB and stuck it in there with the mylar, and it made a good
> connection. Maybe I'll do a blog post about it, so people can see a picture
> of how I did it.
>
> JCE
>
>
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