Re: Apple ][+ keyboard parts help

["RickW" <rowhitney@earthlink.net>]

Not all of the pins in the keyboard ribbon cable are actually used.
Check with the pin out of the connector to be sure the broken pin is indeed 
needed.

Rick

"Christopher Ryan" <nogard@cishollywood.com> wrote in message 
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> Well I actually busted the ribbon cable accidently (broke one of the 
> pins), was thinking of trying to solder it back on, but a new one would be 
> easier (laziness is being factored in).  But before I did break this, I 
> did have several keys that failed.  I did some cleaning and constant 
> pressing and was able to revive some of them.  But there are a few that 
> just wont work.
>
> -Chris
>
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
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>> Christopher Ryan wrote:
>>> Well I finally have the time to go through my collection and try to get 
>>> the tiny problems resolved on my Apples.  At the moment I have an 
>>> Apple ][+ that has a few bad key switches.  It also has a bad ribbon 
>>> cable that run from the encoder board to the motherboard.
>>
>> The symptom of a bad ribbon cable could be faulty keyboard
>> operation.  Is the "bad keyswitch" symptom that nothing
>> happens, or does it just produce an incorrect keycode?
>>
>> -michael
>>
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