On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 14:28:26, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(ref: <005701c1c83f$f7857ce0$02065cc3@default>)
>
>>After swapping out my fourth [!?!] membrane, I was more than happy to
>>pony up the funds for the maligned-by-others Falkenberg keyboard
>>interface [the earlier Scho(e)n & ABC keyboards with proprietary
>>interfaces did not seem like a wise choice].
>
>I have had a Falkenburg Keyboard90 interface in my time and although a
>little bit clumsy, it worked well enough.
>
>My favourite though was the little Diren keyboard interface. Tiny,
>easy to install and reliable. Pity Robin Barker stopped doing that
>one. My Aurora has a SuperHermes Lite in it and that too has been very
>reliable and eays to use. More to the point, it's still available
>(from TF Services)!
.... and both these are so much smaller than the Falkenburg, and have
kbd pcb plugs.
I followed the std pin numbering for such pcb plugs, and Diren cabling
is exactly the same. He though didn't realise there was a numbering
convention. A very nice toss of the dice on his part because it has
brought me some after-sales for panel mounted cabling (8-)#
Thanks for the plug, Dilwyn (8-)#
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