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From: jbh@mibte.UUCP (James Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: cbm keyboard from Radio Shack
Message-ID: <2303@mibte.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 13:17:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: mibte.2303
Posted: Thu Sep 10 13:17:51 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 10:34:17 EDT
References: <684@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>
Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Lines: 19
Summary: heard they were close

In article <684@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>, jsm@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (John Scott McCauley Jr.) writes:
> 	I bought a keyboard from Radio Shack that was clearly made for some
> Commodore product. It fits into my C64 and has the same connector that my
> original keyboard has, but when I plugged it in, it didn't work -- the key
> encodings are different. The keyboard is grey and has the C= key and the 4
> function keys. The F4 key is labelled HELP, however, and the <- key (left
> top corner) is labelled ESC.
> 	
> 	Does anyone know what machine this keyboard is for (VIC?? PET??) and
> if it easily can be adapted for the C64?
>
They are from the C16.  I heard they can be made to work by
rearranging the wires where they are soldered into the pc board,
haven't tried it though.

Jim harvey
Michigan Bell Telephone

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