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From: woolard@uns-helios.nevada.edu (MIKE WOOLARD)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Could I solder.....
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Date: 30 Oct 90 03:33:02 GMT
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Reply-To: woolard@uns-helios.uucp (MIKE WOOLARD)
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 have a Laser Compact XT at home and I need a new keyboard. I have it
taken apart and in pieces, and would like to also PUT IT IN A STANDARD
-----XT CASE.

Has anyone ever taken a portable and put it in a standard case?  This is
kinda different because the PC is in layers; what I mean is it is
somewhat like a Apple, having the keyboard over the motherboard, and
the disk drive on the side.  

I really need a keyboard (standard type), but there is no standard Jack
to put it into.  The keyboard module inside attaches to an cable that
accepts sic (6) pins like this:

					The cable attaches
					       here ------
							-|
						||||||
                -----------------------------------------
 		|     The attached circuit board	|
		|					|
		|					|
		|					|
_________________---------------------------------------|	
|							|
|							|
|	The Keyboard keys				|
|							|
|________________________________________________________

Are these a standard I/O on the internal organs of the Ibm PC clones?
Could I solder the leads from a standard keyboard to these?


Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!!!



   Mike Woolard
   woolard@uns-helios.nevada.edu 
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