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From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIgs Keyboard ADB connector bad
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Date: 30 Oct 89 20:01:49 GMT
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Hmm.. I haven't had any problems with the keyboard as of yet, but I
haven't had my GS for very long...

But, I immediately noticed that the keyboard cable was obscenely
short. Even when 'uncurled,' it still doesn't reach six feet, much to
my dismay.  So, after journeying down to the local Macintosh store,
where they have long keyboard (ADB) cables, and noticing that they
wanted an *outrageous* sum of money ($35!) for a 12 foot ADB cable, I
built my own ADB cable.

Just get ahold of two 4 pin mini-din female connectors, some 4
conductor cable, and solder it all together.  In my case, I couldn't
find any 4 conductor cable, but noticed I had a large length of
telephone cord, along with some pc-mount female RJ11 jacks, so I just
wired together some connectors, and now I have a 50 foot ADB cable!

Simple, really.  If anyone wants one, send me email, and I'm sure we
can work something out...


--Chan Wilson
 "The vision of the future-- here, and now..." -- Sigue Sigue Sputnik
              cwilson@nisc.sri.com or cwilson@nic.ddn.mil
	     `and now for something completely different.'