WANTED - Mega ST(E) or TT Keyboard.

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WANTED - Mega ST(E) or TT Keyboard.

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Hello people,

I today came into possession of a Mega STE sans keyboard. Anyone got a Mega ST, Mega STE, or TT keyboard laying about that I could buy off them?

I live in East Anglia.
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Re: WANTED - Mega ST(E) or TT Keyboard.

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The TT/MSTE keyboards are extremely rare.

An Eiffel unit plus PS/2 keyboard may be easier to get hold of.
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I have an Eiffel (it came in the bag of tricks with the wires and such) and my parts box has an older mechanical USB keyboard in it. However I don't have a PS/2 to USB adapter.

Does the Eiffel work with a USB keyboard that can also use a "block" type PS/2 adapter?
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Encolpius wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:04 pm I have an Eiffel (it came in the bag of tricks with the wires and such) and my parts box has an older mechanical USB keyboard in it. However I don't have a PS/2 to USB adapter.

Does the Eiffel work with a USB keyboard that can also use a "block" type PS/2 adapter?
Yes the Eiffel does work with the PS/2 to usb adaptors. I did do a project a while back where I replaced the PS/2 sockets on the Effiel with USB ones

https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =18&t=1729
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Okay, so I got everything set up, only the keyboard and mouse don't work with the Eiffel that came with. The Eiffel doesn't even light up; it just sits there like two penneth o' daft.

Am I being really stupid and forgetting that I need to plug it in with some sort of power cable or what?

If so, what cable do I need because I don't recognise it at all.
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Post a pic of what you have as there are a few different varieties of Eiffel.
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It looks just like this one:

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Okay, I've made it work with this Eiffel but it's the wire that's problematic. One of the connectors on it is badly corroded and sometimes it'll stop working and/or mess up the keyboard map and require me to jiggle it in the slot until it makes proper contact again.
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You might be able to remove some of the corrosion with a bit of IPA, although not a long term solution obviously.
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