Hi Dave, The Aurora connector IS different. I'm not knowledgeable enough in electronic to tell you what type it is. (The pins are sticking out of the PCB, two rows of 10 pins???) I even think that on most Aurora the connector was not installed because nobody uses it ! Most people use their Aurora in a PC case with PC keyboard attached with an interface (SH or other).
I may be the only Aurora user that use the keyboard connector on the Aurora but not with the QL keyboard! What I did was to re-wire a PC keyboard to the QL layout. I used this keyboard with my original QL PCB and later with the aurora. On the aurora you need to had a few diodes (and in my case the connector as it was not present on the board). But in the end, it work very well. I'm sure Nasta will explain in more details. >>> Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/14 10:29 AM >>> Hi all, Last update then I'll be going quiet for a while on the membrane front. The construction method has been decided, and I'm now looking at design issues. I want to make it a painless operation to remove the case from the base, and have everything easily pluggable. One suggestion is to include the LED wires in this new scheme, by providing a small lead that will have a connector on one end, and attaching the LED wires to the kbd PCB directly. This way, removing the case is a simple matter of unscrewing, unplugging and wahey... Is that LED feature worth an extra 3 pounds on the cost? Also, does any Aurora owner have details of the membrane connectors on that board? Are they the same exact arrangement as the QL, or different? If different, how so? Ideally, a scan of that section of the board and a pinout for the Aurora would be nice, so I will go pester Nasta a bit later It would be nice to have this fit Auroras too (and thereby fit Goldfires attached to Auroras :o) Comments by Friday please - I will be finalising the design then, and producing the first actual full keyboard shortly after. Then the quiet spell while I test, get boards manufactured, and packaged with manuals ready to ship. Also, anyone who has any thoughts on ways of implementing a low cost RTC, get in touch! Thanks Dave
