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Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair.

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Date 2016-01-05 10:09 -0800
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Subject Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair.
From Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net>

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On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 7:31:20 PM UTC-6, Convergent MightyFrame wrote:

> On the MFM Emulator hardware:  How annoying is it to assemble one of them?  It's time consuming to do it right, and I would say that a moderate level of soldering is desired.  However, I believe that David even will sell a fully-build version now, so that may be your best option.

I'm not at all opposed to soldering a large project; I'm just wondering what I'd be getting into. :)


> I see there's been a good deal of subsequent technical discussion between you and DoN, so I hope you get that to work.  It will take me more time to review all that has been said, and provide any meaningful comment, but just by skimming it, it all appears to be good progress.  Getting your original keyboard to work is by far the most ideal solution, in my opinion.

Well, the good news is that I can receive signals from the keyboard and mouse with a standard TTL serial hookup.  I can power them with a 5v supply, and nothing explodes.  This is good, but I haven't figured out what they're saying yet. :)  No work on it over the last week or so either.

> As far as the keyboard manufacturer, when I tore one of mine apart, I see that it was built by CORTRON, but you may have seen this already while inspecting your keyboard.  See a picture at http://bit.ly/1NDkg32 (hosted on Google Drive, sorry, DoN)

Yep.  I haven't seen any indication that these things are available elsewhere either, although I have a slight suspicion that some 3b2 keyboards may have been very similarly designed -- perhaps to the point of being internally compatible with a different plug. 

> Given the world's shortage of these proprietary keyboards and mice for this machine, I still would like to pursue the "building the adapter" idea at some point.  It wouldn't be as elegant, but it could at least be functional, and allow many different options for hobbyists like us who like these machines.

Not to mention that some of the newer mechanical keyboards are very nice to use.  As much as I like the layout of the Unix PC keyboard, the key-switches are not quite what I'd want in an ideal world.

Chris

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I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-18 16:43 -0800
  Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-19 03:16 +0000
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Peter Schmidt <peterhschmidt@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 09:19 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-21 11:12 -0800
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-22 04:08 +0000
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-22 11:45 -0800
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-21 10:45 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-22 03:57 +0000
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-22 11:35 -0800
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-23 03:16 +0000
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-22 14:31 -0800
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-23 03:41 +0000
            Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-22 21:05 -0800
              Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-23 11:49 -0800
                Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-23 14:25 -0800
                Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-23 16:19 -0800
              Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-26 04:32 +0000
                Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-01-05 10:20 -0800
  Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Convergent MightyFrame <mightyframect@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 13:18 -0800
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Convergent MightyFrame <mightyframect@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 13:31 -0800
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-21 11:00 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-22 03:22 +0000
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-22 11:19 -0800
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2015-12-23 03:12 +0000
            Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2015-12-22 21:18 -0800
            Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Peter Schmidt <peterhschmidt@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 05:30 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Convergent MightyFrame <mightyframect@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 17:31 -0800
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-01-05 10:09 -0800
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2016-01-06 00:41 +0000
            Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2016-01-06 18:05 +0000
              Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2016-01-07 03:42 +0000
            Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-01-06 17:35 -0800
  Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Dave Brower <dbrower@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 23:25 -0800
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-01-08 13:01 -0800
  Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-01-08 13:11 -0800
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-02-19 14:15 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. 300wattwarlock@gmail.com - 2016-02-19 23:53 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-02-20 00:03 -0800
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2016-02-20 10:56 -0500
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-02-20 11:39 -0800
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2016-02-21 10:15 -0500
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-02-23 22:14 -0800
  Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-03-04 18:04 -0800
    Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2016-03-05 03:16 +0000
      Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. 300wattwarlock@gmail.com - 2016-03-05 19:08 -0800
        Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2016-03-07 04:23 +0000
          Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Chris Smith <protheus@byteorder.net> - 2016-03-08 12:28 -0800
            Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. Convergent MightyFrame <mightyframect@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 22:33 -0700
              Re: I could use a hand locating hardware bits and pieces and/or technical documentation for repair. "DoN. Nichols" <BPdnicholsBP@d-and-d.com> - 2017-03-30 04:25 +0000

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