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Chris & All,

This has turned into one of the most active threads on comp.sys.3b1 that I've seen in a long time.  This is great.

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.

Please keep me in the loop if you choose to go that route.  I'd love to hear your progress and help you through any 3b1 specific issues.  Another guy just emailed me and asked for my emulator image, so if you join in, there will be a small growing group of 3 people running UNIX PCs on MFM emulators.

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.

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)

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.

Given the amount of activity here and emails I've received lately on parts or follow-up on my MFM Emulator usage success, there is still interest in these machines among at least a select few.

Anway, all the best, and happy holidays.
-AJ

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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
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    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
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