Re: What's the pinout on the //e keyboard cable?

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.spamless.net> wrote in message news:<3DFFF0BF.1000802@telus.spamless.net>...
> Obsbedia2 wrote:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2081379644
> > 
> > The above auction on eBay shows a //e that has an external keyboard attached by
> > a narrow, curly cord, not a twenty-five wire ribbon cable.  Does the keyboard
> > not need all 25 wires, or is this a stealth IIgs?
> > Jay Edwards
> 
> The IIe actually needs a 26  wire cable. When I wanted to use a DB25
> connector to connect an external keyboard to my tower IIe I had to use
> the metal "housing for the 26th connection.
> 
> That's an early IIe and the keyboard is the one that came out of that
> case, just moved to an external enclosure. From this angle it looks like
> a nice job.
> 
> Wayne

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