damanloox Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Does anybody know if keyboard sockets/connectors (on the motherboard) can be purchased (or replaced with something that can be purchased)? I've a nice 800XL that I'd love to recover to it's full glory and that's one last thing I'm missing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Worley Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/5/2019 at 9:49 AM, damanloox said: Does anybody know if keyboard sockets/connectors (on the motherboard) can be purchased (or replaced with something that can be purchased)? I've a nice 800XL that I'd love to recover to it's full glory and that's one last thing I'm missing... I'd like one too. This thing seems hard to find. Best, Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 There was a post about just such a thing including some site to purchase it, not exact in perfect look but work and was close enough, might have been some best, b&c, talk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterola Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I got a new one from Best few months ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Worley Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, manterola said: I got a new one from Best few months ago... I just desoldered the one I needed to replace. One of the pins was broken inside the socket. I took an Atari SIO pin, cut it down, bent it, and replaced the pin. The connector works right well now. This can be done. You have to remove the socket from the board, and then, from the bottom of the socket, push on the pin with a set of pliers, holding the pin tightly so it doesn't fold. The pin will slide out of the socket. You can then re-form the pin and re-insert it, or form a new pin from some flat metal and insert that, as with the one I had that was broken. I re-formed some three pins in the same area that were bent flat from abuse (probably my abuse ? ). Now I gotta figure out how to get the keyboard led to work. That's another thing. The little metal tangs that connect the led legs to the membrane are gone. Best, Jeff Edited October 9, 2019 by Technoid Mutant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 stab led legs through rubberized doped remote control pads... bobs your uncle... works on XE's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Worley Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just now, _The Doctor__ said: stab led legs through rubberized doped remote control pads... bobs your uncle... works on XE's... I like it! I also have a likely victim ^h^h^h^h^h^h donor.. Will let you know! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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