Keyboard connector adaptor?
Posted: 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?
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?