PB Duo: keyboard substitute — #15

Post #15 by Bunsen

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Tue, 24 Sep 2013 - 01:30
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/pb-duo-keyboard-substitute.28776/

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A 12" iBook G4 keyboard is wider than a PowerBook Duo 2300c topcase by about 1/16" on either side

Darn. Well that one's out then. Does anyone have the 12" Powerbook keyboard to compare?

For reference, the width of the Duo is 10.9" = 277mm

and you'd lose the top row of function keys

That's probably not a dealbreaker.

the controller circuitry on the MoBo is ADB / the keyboard itself remains your basic flex circuit KeySwitch matrix

So is the one in the Duo, isn't it? No hack necessary - at worst, some software key remapping.

A later keyboard might work (11" MBA?) with a Key Warrior ADB, and a tap into the ADB lines on the dock connector.