Re: Looking for (internal) Keyboard cable for the US //e

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> On a US mainboard this chip only has one area (one font)
> and is smaller than a German (or other non-US country) chip
> in capacity and size: It also has 24 pins instead of 28.
> This means that you can't simply transfer the chip like the
> keyboard ROM!
>
> One solution would be to live with the US video ROM - and
> forget the umlauts completely. The text mode should (I'm
> not 100% sure) be identical to a German video ROM switched
> to the US font.

Thank you for the detailed info!

> Another, better solution (especially if you tinker with the
> Apple a lot or want to sell it as a unique item in Germany)
> would be to get a "video ROM adapter" and plug the German
> video ROM into it and the whole thingy into the ROM socket.
> Then you connect the switch to the adapter everything should
> work like with a German mainboard.
>
> Maybe you can get an inexpensive adapter from Garberstreet
> Electronics - ask Bill Garber (you'll find postings of him here)
> - which I can assure you do work flawlessly (as long as your
> German video ROM is in working condition).
>
> My Apple IIe is built exactly like this (German case, keyboard,
> keyboard ROM and video ROM, US mainboard and a video
> ROM adapter).

I check it out - thank you all for the help!