C128D and C128 Frankenstein Project

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CanadaPhil
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C128D and C128 Frankenstein Project

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I have acquired a C128DCR and a regular 128 recently. They are not pretty but they are fully functional and clean inside.

I acquired the regular to use as a donor for the keyboard section as the C128D was without its original keyboard.

I was having a hard time finding a suitable cable to use for my project..but eventually found one with the correct orientation on the connector side of the 128D chassis. I will just cut and splice the end at the Keyboard side as required.

But.... just thought I would ask if anyone has ever done something similar and could direct me to another suitable cable idea?

This is the only place I could find something remotely suitable.. I wanted a Right Angle DB25 that sort of approximates the original C128D Keyboard connector...

http://www.l-com.com/d-sub-deluxe-d-sub ... xit-1_mobi


Edit... Here are two links to pics of my acquisitions...

https://flic.kr/p/Rjbe35

https://flic.kr/p/RxDkMi



Thanks!
CanadaPhil
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Re: C128D and C128 Frankenstein Project

Post by CanadaPhil »

Update: Nevermind....

The curse of Ebay has struck again and I have now acquired a proper original 128D Keyboard that is very clean and NOT stained by the Sun!
:D

My "new" idea for the flat former donor 128 will now be to leave it intact as intended but to make it jet BLACK in colour and eventually pair it with a modern 20" Dell LCD VGA after sorting out the RGBi to VGA conversion issues.
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