Re: Keyboard conversion project? IIGS portable ideas

[jon@i-manila.com (Jon Co)]

Just came by a computer-junk shop and found a pile of laptop
keyboards.  under the pile was 2 //c+ keyboards but some of the keys
are missing.  I think a //c+ keyboard will make a good base for the
//e connector, just have to get the correct wires from the matrix into
the right pins.  I haven't seen an original IIGS keyboard but from
photos I think the //c+ keyboard is identical to it (except for the
reset, 80/40 switch, volume control and the missing numeric keypad)
"Ole Voss" <ole.voss@netrogue.de> wrote in message news:<b5pfh5$2bmkn2$1@ID-118921.news.dfncis.de>...
> > Otherwise, you will need to re-create the Apple key matrix wiring on
> > the Toshiba keyboard, which would be painful at best and destructive
> > at worst.
> 
> Probably just plain impossible, since Laptop Keyboards use a plastic
> membrane. You could try "re-wiring" it using conductive paint or something,
> but you'd have to scrape off some of the old tracks. From my experience from
> re-wiring a standard cherry keyboard (with switches) I can safely say:
> forget it. You would be better off designing a circuitry to handle this.
> 
> 
> Ole.