[Coco] Using a CoCo2 keyboard in a CoCo1

Jayeson Lee-Steere cocolistemail at titaniumstudios.com
Tue Aug 9 00:28:26 EDT 2016


Sanding might work. It is not something I'd expect to have much success
with, but some folks are wizards with such things.

I found the datasheet for the connector and it is specified for up to
0.38mm. I did fit something 0.7mm in there and it will fit, but does indeed
stretch the contacts so they have less pressure when going back to the
original 0.35mm flat flex. If it involves running the risk of having to
replace the connector, perhaps it would be better to just solder a pin
header onto the main board in the first place.

- Jayeson

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com
> wrote:

> I wonder if the board could be sanded thinner where it plugs into the
> connector?
> > I also made up this experiment for a reverse connector to use old
> keyboards
> > with newer Cocos. OSH Park's 0.8mm thick boards are probably too thick to
> > work, but I ordered some anyway to see.
> >
> > https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/oUGZhWO8
> >
> > - Jayeson
>
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