How to repair COMPAQ keyboard

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From: Paul Stygar
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 17:17

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After our COMPAQ keyboard stopped working,
it was something of a shock to discover the going price to repair
the fella was $350 plus the old keyboard.

Considering that one can buy a brand new keyboard for $30-$70,
for a PC Clone,   one begins to understand why COMPAQ does not use
the standard keyboard connector for its keyboards.

Solution:  COMPAQ uses the same keyboard connector as MacIntosh,
so buy a PC-to-MAC keyboard adaptor
(to convert the 5 pin to a 6 pin connector),
and whalla ... now connect a standard PC Clone keyboard ...

Hey,  it works for me.


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