Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

[e p chandler <epc8@juno.com>]

On Dec 4, 11:52 am, Silicon Sam <silicon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 4, 6:48 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Silicon Sam wrote:
> > >> On a related subject:  Last year I picked up a Videx accessory that consists
> > >> of a flexible circuit board carrying a row of membrane buttons.  I thought
> > >> this was intended to produce programmable macros when used with the Enhancer,
> > >> but the manual makes no mention of it.  Anyone know what this might be?
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> > >   You didn't get that strip off me on ebay last year, did you?  I sold
> > > one then.
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> > I think I"m guilty!
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> > >   Videx made a board that replaced the encoder board on an Apple II
> > > plus keyboard that had the 9 pin connector on it.  The strip was used
> > > to program macros on the enhancer.  I think it was also called the
> > > Enhancer II.
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> > Yes, I just bought one on eBay.  It makes no mention of the button strip.
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> > >   The Apple encoder sometimes has a 9 pin connector, not sure how you
> > > used that for programming.  Been too long too.
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> > Somewhere there must be docs for this. I'll keep digging!
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>   Here's a pic of one in a guy's Japanese collection:
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> http://www.apple2world.jp/apple2/COL/MapItems/apple2keyboard/function...- Hide quoted text -
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doggone, it was a 16 key strip then!