chrisd@oregon.uoregon.edu (07/13/89)
(This has probably been asked, but I don't remember seeing it recently...) Does anyone know if it is possible to make a detachable keyboard for the 500??
alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) (07/14/89)
It should be real simple. Open up your 500 and look how the keyboard is hooked up. One set of power/data cables and a ground. Just extend the cables and you should be set. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -Al Harrington /// "The next thing I say to you will | | /// be true. | | alh@hprmo.HP.COM \\\/// The last thing I said was false." | | ..{hplabs,hp-sde}!hprmo!alh \XX/ -Devo | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | My comments in no way reflect the views or opinions of HP | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
douglee@becker.UUCP (Doug Lee) (07/16/89)
In article <5246@oregon.uoregon.edu> chrisd@oregon.uoregon.edu writes: >(This has probably been asked, but I don't remember seeing it recently...) > >Does anyone know if it is possible to make a detachable keyboard for the >500?? If you take it apart, the keyboard unplugs from the motherboard, so you could repackage it or use a 1000/2000 keyboard with the appropriate electrical connections being made. <<<Doug Lee>>>
marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin - CATS) (07/17/89)
Barring any voidances of your warranty, you can (if you can't get a
1000 or 2000 keyboard) attach an 8-line wire to make an extension
cord of sorts. A friend of mine has connected a 8-pin D connector to
his motherboard and uses a "joystick extension" cable to allow him to
use his keyboard outside of his computer. He then has his computer
vertically stacked next to his desk (raised so the DF0: is accesable),
and built a case for his keyboard. -An interesting idea that frees
up alot of desk space.
Again, by doing so, as in any time you open a computer, you're tampering
with the chances to do something unintentionally bad.
--
Marc Rifkin -- C. A. T. S.
{uunet|allegra|rutgers}!cbmvax!marc
"...Them bats is smart, they use radar."easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton) (07/18/89)
In article <7329@cbmvax.UUCP>, marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin - CATS) writes: > > cord of sorts. A friend of mine has connected a 8-pin D connector to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > his motherboard and uses a "joystick extension" cable to allow him to > use his keyboard outside of his computer. He then has his computer > -- > Marc Rifkin -- C. A. T. S. Your friend hasnt been shopping in the Far East for those funny D connectors again, has he? Last time we all wound up using DB-23's. :> :> :> :> I'll betcha he settled for a local source that had DB-9's. :> Jeff Easton UUCP: !mailrus!sharkey!aucis!easton Zenith Data Systems OEM Engineering
thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (07/19/89)
In article <7329@cbmvax.UUCP>, marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin - CATS) writes: > > cord of sorts. A friend of mine has connected a 8-pin D connector to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > his motherboard and uses a "joystick extension" cable to allow him to > use his keyboard outside of his computer. He then has his computer > -- > Marc Rifkin -- C. A. T. S. What he "probably" meant to say was "8-pin DIN connector" like the "TV MOD" jack on the back of the A1000 into which one can plug either: 1) the Amiga TV Modulator (which, from stories I've been hearing, means I must have one of the few ever made; mine has "FCC ID: BR976F-3406" on it along with "Lot No. 951T"; made by CBM in Japan, sold in an Amiga-style box emblazoned "AMIGA/TV Switch Box/RF Modulator/ RF Cable"; bought mine in Dec. 1985 at the local Amiga dealer, HT Electronics in Sunnyvale CA., 2) an 8-pin DIN plug to bring the audio out to another "target" (e.g. amp, monitor, whatever) Actually, the 8-pin DIN connector isn't too shabby; I've seen these used on a lot of other items. Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]
johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John Lee) (07/24/89)
>(This has probably been asked, but I don't remember seeing it recently...) > >Does anyone know if it is possible to make a detachable keyboard for the >500?? Hacksaw. (Vince Lee)