Lookinf for model M keyboard cable
Russ Blakeman
cable off of (the PS2 end but soldering on a new end is near
impossible) and so I need a cable. Supposedly the replacement cable is
fru 1391828 and it has a PS/2 plug on the machine side and a
telephone/network style plug with squeeze clips on the keyboard side.
Coiled or straight, either way - complete is more important that if it
is coiled or not. Preferably someone in the states.
Email me direct if you can supply this to me and what you would want
for it mailed - media mail, first class (if under 13 oz) or parcel
post - whatever is cheapest.
Dan O
A keyboard cable is not eligible for Media Mail.
Rick Ekblaw
> Coiled or straight, either way - complete is more important that if it
> is coiled or not. Preferably someone in the states.
Coiled is what you want... the question then becomes, do you want the
original style, that has about a straight section about 6 feet long
between the PS/2 connector and the coil (the coil is about 2 feet long,
but will stretch to about 6 feet), or the newer "stubby" style with a 1
1/2 foot straight section and 1 1/2 foot coiled section?
The correct answer, of course, is the original style, but I could supply
either one. Actually, I could also supply the PC/AT style cable for the
M keyboard, or the "special" job with PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard connectors
for the Trackpoint-equipped M keyboards, but there's no reason to go
overboard.
> Email me direct if you can supply this to me and what you would want
> for it mailed - media mail, first class (if under 13 oz) or parcel
> post - whatever is cheapest.
Now, Russ... don't encourage people to lie about the package contents
with that Media Mail stuff when you're asking for a cable!
Rick Ekblaw
Tim WBST Clarke
"Russ Blakeman" <rh...@windstream.net> wrote in message
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> Have a nice model M 1392090 that the stupid dog chewed the end of the
> cable off of (the PS2 end but soldering on a new end is near
> impossible) and so I need a cable. Supposedly the replacement cable is
> FRU 1391828 and it has a PS/2 plug on the machine side and a
> telephone/network style plug with squeeze clips on the keyboard side.
>
> Coiled or straight, either way - complete is more important that if it
> is coiled or not. Preferably someone in the states.
>
> Email me direct if you can supply this to me and what you would want
> for it mailed - media mail, first class (if under 13 oz) or parcel
> post - whatever is cheapest.
I've got lots of spare keyboards, so I'm sure that I could spare a cable.
I'll let the rest of the Yank contingent have an opportunity to chime in
first, though, as shipping at cost from here will be slower and more
expensive.
--
Cheers,
Tim Clarke (a,k,a, WBST)
Guildford U.K.
Russ Blakeman
wrote:
>A keyboard cable is not eligible for Media Mail.
Neither are a lot of other things but all sorts of non-media goes
media mail (aka book rate in the past) and they never have problems.
First class used to be only letter sized and thin pouches but i just
got a double pole 100A Homeline breaker from an eBay seller that went
from TX to here by first class.
Russ Blakeman
wrote:
Either way, media mail, parcel post, priority - all going to be cheap
anyway. The one I have chewed is colied with a large 6 contact metal
hooded plug with squeeze clips on the side for the keyboard side and
probably 4 foot of straight to the PS2 plug for the machine side, sort
of a light olivey color now but was probably beige originally. The
coiled section is probably 28 inches relaxed.
If you have one you can spare let me know by email what you might want
for it and mailing - let's say parcel post to be fair to our ailing
postal system that charges too much party stuff on their company card
LOL. Destination zip would be Clarkson, KY 42726.
Dr. Jim
> soldering on a new end is near
> impossible
What's impossible about it? I've done smaller stuff.
-Jim
Russ Blakeman
Because right now most of my shop equipment is inaccessable so the
soldering station with the fine tips is where I cant get to it till
the new shop is done. I've done teenie tiny work with magnifiers and
all too but not with the general purpose radi shack soldering unit I
have available, and I need the keyboard back in service so I can use
the 8595-OPT (they only PS2 machine I have kept out of hundreds) real
soon. Yeah I can use a generic KB but I have one spare right now and
it's really worn badly.
Tim WBST Clarke
"Dr. Jim" <jshorney....@inebraska.com> wrote in message
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Some of us have less than perfect eyesight and hands that aren't steady
enough for fine, detailed work, I would say.
--
Cheers,
Tim Clarke (a.k.a. WBST)
Guildford, U.K.
Russ Blakeman
<WBSTC...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>Hi Jim...
>
>"Dr. Jim" <jshorney....@inebraska.com> wrote in message
>news:hgmntt$ftl$1...@aioe.org...
>> Russ Blakeman wrote:
>> > soldering on a new end is near
>> > impossible
>>
>> What's impossible about it? I've done smaller stuff.
>
>Some of us have less than perfect eyesight and hands that aren't steady
>enough for fine, detailed work, I would say.
Luckily I have a BIG magnifier lamp and I have various headband type
magnifiers to compensate for mother nature making my detail vision
crappy but on the other hand my hands are still rock steady (only 52
but I know people in their 40's that shake like they're in an
earthquake) but not having the right tools for small work at the
moment makes it a total mess to do.
Russ Blakeman
<rh...@windstream.net> wrote:
>Luckily I have a BIG magnifier lamp and I have various headband type
>magnifiers to compensate for mother nature making my detail vision
>crappy but on the other hand my hands are still rock steady (only 52
>but I know people in their 40's that shake like they're in an
>earthquake) but not having the right tools for small work at the
>moment makes it a total mess to do.
I learned the value of steady hands and various magnifiers from my
late grandfather (mom's dad) who was a long time watchmaker/watch
repairman. He could cut gears from brass that were the diameter of a
pencil lead and didnt look like much with open eyes but put on the
magnifier and all the details of the teeth, markings and center spline
would show. He used to tell me that my best tool was patience and he
was absolutely correct.
Tim WBST Clarke
"Russ Blakeman" <rh...@windstream.net> wrote in message
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You were very fortunate to have learned from a true craftsman at such an
early age. Sage words from a philosophical elder relative obviously have
stood you in good stead.
supervinx
The day I feel "nervous" I stop all activities ... you can do only
damages, that day :-D
Russ Blakeman
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:03:42 -0500, gfre...@aol.com wrote:
>Email me an address I will send you one.
>It is about $4 USPS small flat rate box
>
>I am tripping over them
Dr. Jim
> I learned the value of steady hands and various magnifiers from my
> late grandfather
Magnification is everything. The parts are getting smaller and my
eyesight isn't what it used to be. I whine and moan if they don't
provide me with magnification at work. My hands are still mostly steady,
thank goodness. Perhaps more so than other parts of me. Glad you foundt
a cable.
-Jim
Russ Blakeman
offered inclusing Tim Clark although shipping across the Atlantic
would make it less than cost effective.