Keyboard connector adaptor?

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Keyboard connector adaptor?

#1 Post by eyestrain » Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:52 pm

Is there a way to connect an old large keyboard connector where a new small one should go? Such as plugging in a T42 keyboard into a T60 and hacking the bezel, or plugging a T42 keyboard into the "USB Keyboard With Trackpoint"?

Here's a pic of the newer small connector, the bit closest to yak's thumb:
http://picasaweb.google.com/arkadiusz.w ... 6884546130

(That comes from the first post in http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=86096 )

On the right side of the pic you can see what it plugs into, in the case of the USB KB. Looks similar inside a T60, and a T60 KB has a connector similar to what's in yak's fingers.

The older KB of the T42 generation looks somewhat similar but quite a bit larger. Is there a way to mate the new and old?
Moved to Chrome OS, so... SK-8855 USB Keyboard

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