Re: Apple ][+ keyboard parts help

["Christopher Ryan" <nogard@cishollywood.com>]

I can give that a check, but I did plug it back in and nothing worked, when 
it did before the accident.

-Chris

"RickW" <rowhitney@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> 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.
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> Rick
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> "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 
>> dYSdnR6DLr6fKPLenZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@comcast.com">news:dYSdnR6DLr6fKPLenZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's!
>>> Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>>>
>>> "The wastebasket is our most important design
>>> tool--and it is seriously underused."
>>
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