Re: Keyboard conversion project? IIGS portable ideas

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

Y'know, I just thought of something after reading Glenn's comments. If you
had an Apple IIGS logic board with the IIe keyboard connector, you could
pretty much ditch the ADB idea and instead try to make an Apple IIe keyboard
out of the Toshiba keyboard. I would imagine the IIe keyboard is a lot
simpler than the IIGS keyboard, in that I believe the keyboard controller
for the IIe keyboard is on the IIgs logic board itself. I could be wrong,
though. :P

--- Bryan

"Glenn Jones" <rg.jones@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:mwvfa.31081$usW1.18486@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...

> Brian, I have been giving this some thought lately as well. I was also
> wondering if some of the earlier Apple Laptops were actually ADB based
> inside?
>
> I had one of my apple IIGS keyboards apart the other day as I spilled an
> entire cup of some nice creamy hot chocolate in it. While it was apart I
was
> looking to see if the numeric keypad could be safely hacked off.  I am not
> sure if I would want to try that.
>
> I was also wondering if some of the earlier Laptop displays maybe more
> suitable for IIGS RGB to whatever conversion. Havn't really check that
yet.
>
> I have been thinking/dreaming as well of a horizontal style expansion
board
> that would lie parallel with the motherboard and it would plug into slots
1,
> 4 and 7. This would extend toward the front of the computer and be
supported
> at the front by three legs. It would have a version of rich's compact
flash
> card wired to the slot 7 area, some display conversion circuitry in the
slot
> three area and ethernet in the slot one area. The LCD would be on top of
> that and the keyboard could go in front. I need to make some drawings ...
I
> think...
>
> One other thing that could be useful from old laptops would be the power
> supply.
>
> Glenn
>
>