Re: Detached keyboard for the //e?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Quadrajet1 wrote:

>>I was wondering about this.. Leisurely sitting in my reclining chair,
>>it would be nice to have a //e keyboard that wasn't connected to the
>>//e's case.  Has anyone done anything like that?
>>
>>Maybe get a spare keyboard, extend the keyboard cable (perhaps by
>>making an extension cable) so that you can have a detached keyboard?
>>
>>
>>// CHRIS
>
>  Geez, I did that back in '83.  I put a //e motherboard from a dealers
>spares
>kit into a Wang Dual Casette box, and mounted a //e keyboard into an old Wang
>keyboard case.  True, it did have the ribbon cable from the box to the
>keyboard, but it was livable for my needs.  And I still have that //e.  It
>was
>my first computer.
>
>  But I have seen a true detachable keyboard for the //e, but I don't recall
>who made it.  It even came with a blank plate to cover the hole in your //e
>case.

Yes, this was the "product" solution.  The //e case looks a little strange
with no keyboard (kind of like a face without features ;-), but it worked
pretty well.

-michael

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