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

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From: Phil Yeadon
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 00:00

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 In article <4n3rf3$6ab@orm.southern.co.nz>
  chriswil@southern.co.nz (Chris Wilkinson) wrote:-

>Michael D. Harvey (m.harvey@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: 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'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.
>
>I would use the existing connectors supplied with the TT keyboard and use 
>a multimeter to decipher the pinout from one end to the other. I would 
>then buy an appropriate length of cable (12 core or similar) and rewire 
>it myself to ensure that the pinout remains the same. I don't think the 
>cable supplied would have the same pinout as an RJ11 or similar telephone 
>connector (I could be wrong :-))...
>
>If you want to buy a telephone cable, test the one you want next to the 
>TT cable to be certain your pinouts are the same, and that the connectors 
>are the same type...
>

     The connector used on the Atari external keyboards is the FCC688 6 way 
connector. I put my TT into a tower case last year and used on of these
connectors and a line socket to bring the keyboard connector out of the
tower case. 

     Just use 6 way cable (the flat type is easier to connect to the plug)
and connect all the wires straight through. On my old Mega ST I had a 8
metre lead that caused no problems at all. Thank god the mouse connects to
the keyboard!!

     Hope this helps.

           

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