keyboard cable for Kaypro
regarding: "Trip to Brooklyn to the Gowanus eReycling warehouse + questions" Someone posted that they obtained a Kaypro 2x but not the keyboard cable for it. Jim Hart posted "I believe you can use a regular handset cable from a corded telephone". I suggest caution. Someone with a Kaypro and experience with these telephone cords, that one can do as Jim suggests. Or Jim may wish to confirm the practice he cites, in his post of June 3. A counterexample I know of, is the Apple Mac 128K 512K and Plus. Use of a telephone coiled cord on THOSE systems, will *destroy* either the keyboard, or damage the Mac motherboard. Apple reversed the wiring on their keyboard cables; reversed DC voltage to the Mac keyboard is bad, very bad. Thus my caution. Regards, Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info
On 6/11/2020 4:45 PM, Herb Johnson wrote:
regarding: "Trip to Brooklyn to the Gowanus eReycling warehouse + questions"
Someone posted that they obtained a Kaypro 2x but not the keyboard cable for it. Jim Hart posted "I believe you can use a regular handset cable from a corded telephone".
I suggest caution.
David K, who bought the Kaypro 2X posts later Jun 5:
I found [a phone corde] with 4 wires and WOW - it works. So thank you for the advice!
Jim's post is confirmed, caution lifted. - Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info
Funny thing about the coiled cord for the keyboard is Is that it’s reversed on one end. I have yet to determine whether it works or not since the jack on the keyboard is broken. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Aug 1, 2020, at 7:27 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I recall that some of the really cheap tinsel wire phone cords are not reliable on Kaypro.
On 6/11/2020 4:50 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 6/11/2020 4:45 PM, Herb Johnson wrote: regarding: "Trip to Brooklyn to the Gowanus eReycling warehouse + questions"
Someone posted that they obtained a Kaypro 2x but not the keyboard cable for it. Jim Hart posted "I believe you can use a regular handset cable from a corded telephone".
I suggest caution.
David K, who bought the Kaypro 2X posts later Jun 5:
I found [a phone corde] with 4 wires and WOW - it works. So thank you for the advice!
Jim's post is confirmed, caution lifted. - Herb
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