Re: A Few Apple II questions...

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth) writes:
>In article <19990805030802.26083.00007875@ng-fp1.aol.com>,
>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>> I think there was supposed to be some kind of internal ribbon
>> cable that stretches from the motherboard connector to one
>> of the cutouts at the back panel ending in a DB style connector.
>Yeah, I've since discovered this. Sadly I do not have the cable so I'm
>stranded for now since it's one of those things you can't exactly 'whip
>together'...well, someone could I'm sure, but I don't have the time or the
>patience, or materials...just for the grand benefit for my older IIe.

I made my own (in fact I made the entire keypad). I obtained a (non Apple)
numeric keypad, soldered a 9 pin D type connector to the end of a cable and
put a female 9 pin D type on the end a ribbon cable connected to the in-line
plug inside my //e.

I then used the info in Jim Sather's Understanding the Apple //e to modify the
keybaord ROM to match the layout of my numeric keypad.

One of these days I may even mount the keypad in a box. Currently it sits on a
small piece of bubble wrap plastic.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia