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From: TEB106@psuvm.psu.edu (Tom billet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Bad keyboard connector on old IBM Transportable
Message-ID: <91113.091356TEB106@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 13:13:56 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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Recently we had one of the modular (similar to the RJ11 type connectors) keyboa
rd connectors break on one of our old IBM Transportable PC's.  I had a six wire
modular connector and figured I could just use it to replace the bad one.  I  c
ut off the old one and replaced it with the new one--making sure to line up the
wire colors to match the old one.  I pluged it in and it seemed to snap into  p
lace.  However, I still get a 301 keyboard error.  I tried another keyboard and
 it works fine. Therefore, I know it is not a problem with the PC end of the co
nnector.  I did notice that the connectors were a little bit different.  Does t
he IBM Transportable require special connectors?  Any help would be greatly
appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


                                                  Tom Billet
                                                  Penn State