[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: CoCo keyboard

[Robert Emery]

--- James the Animal Tamer <emucompboy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I remember an article a while back about using a PC keyboard with the 
> Commodore 64.  Basically, the article had you throw out the 
> keyboard's intelligence, scratch through all the traces on the PC 
> keyboard, make new traces, and wire it up to the C64's ribbon cable.
> 
> That approach would work with other computers too, eh?

There is an adapter (cloud9tech.com) that will let the CoCo use any standard AT
keyboard. I plan to build one myself, someday. On the other hand, as you
suggested, one can rewire a keyboard... here's mine:
http://www.geocities.com/theother_bob/coco_page/ccrepack.htm

I totally removed the board and went at it, color coding the wire by
row/column. I forget where I scrounged the keyboard from, but it's my "daily
driver" for years now.

Bob


	
		
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