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From: aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Hardware failure..
Message-ID: <3421@sage.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 90 04:22:56 GMT
References: <9206.net.apple@pro-lep>
Reply-To: aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland)
Organization: Purdue University
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In article <9206.net.apple@pro-lep> bh@pro-lep.cts.com (Brian Hicks) writes:
)In-Reply-To: message from dougm@lakesys.lakesys.com
)
) I just had *exactly* the same thing happen to my GS keyboard! The ADB port is
)fried on the left side of the keyboard. The only thing I can think of causing
)this, is to have the keyboard in your lap thus bending the cable (which
)torques the port pins). After about 2 years of this, a pin finally snapped.
)The only solution to this problem, that I've been able to find anyway, is to
)hard-wire the cable into the keyboard. I didn't though. I got a new Apple
)extended keyboard ;) Hope this helps!

    There is another solution to the problem, get one of those cable
spliters.  This solution works well until the other keyboard connector
breaks.  The nice thing about do this is it's easy.  Plug the keyboard
cable into the working side of the keyboard and the other end into the
spliter.  Hook the mouse up to the other side of the spliter.  If you
are like me, there's another atvantage, when the keyboard moves, the
mouse doesn't!  I got my spliter from: ELPE Enterprises (619) 571-0757.
Cost only $15 and works great for me.
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