From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2003 - 10:42:45 PST
On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 08:54 AM, Peter Cameron wrote:
> on 3/2/03 11:23 AM, Hans Derycke at hans_at_derycke.com wrote:
>> Unfortunately, my serial cable is one of those with the dongle
>> built-in, that is,
That would prove the interconnect port is fine....
>> it connects directly to the interconnect port
>> without a dongle. Maybe I can measure resistance across the dongle,
>> and
>> see if all pins at the DIN-side have a match at the interconnect-side.
> There's not too much that can go wrong with the dongle. They are
> pretty
> solid.
I agree with this assessment.
> Does the keyboard cable seem to mate fairly solidly with the
> dongle (not
> too much wiggle)? You might also try blasting the DIN connector on the
> dongle with some compressed air in case there's dirt in it.
> Do you know anyone else with a Newton 130, 120 (NOS2) or 2x00 who
> could
> test the keyboard for you to make sure it works?
>
>
Also, carefully eyeballing the din connector on the keyboard and the
cable from the keyboard might show some issue.
Sounds like a flakey keyboard to me....
Marty
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