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Re: Need TT Keyboard cable Info....,

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From: Phil Hough
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 00:00
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 In article <4n2g4r$1kd@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>
  m.harvey@ix.netcom.com(Michael D. Harvey) said:-

>I reciently got one of the TT's from Don Thomas deal, and the way I'm
>trying to setup my desk, I need a longer cable on the TT keyboard.
>I know sometime ago, I saw something saying you could make your own
>cords for the Mega's which use the same type connectors.

I've never seen these, also don't the old MegaST's use a different 
type of keyboard connector ???

>
>Can I possibly just go to Radio Shack and get a phone cord extension
>cable for a multi line setup (larger connector , right??) and use that.

I don't live in the US but AFAIK it could be the right size... the 
lead going into my modem is the same, and I thought that was to do 
with US phones !

>I'd read something about it swaps one line somewhere, but if I extend
>the same signal from the TT to the keyboard, it should still swap that
>one wire or whatever it was that was different.

As long as the extension doesn't swap around any of the wires, then 
the signal will be swapped before it goes into the extension, and will 
come out correctly swapped, and so should work !

ATb.
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Phil H

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