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Offline drteming

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Siig Reserrection
« on: Sat, 28 April 2012, 20:01:14 »
Well I bid and got 2 Siig Minitouch keyboards (Here).  The cords were cut and one of them was missing the F1 key cap.  When I got them, they were otherwise in great shape and very clean.  There was only some minor smudges on the cases which cleaned up easily with some 90% isopropyl alcohol.  When I opened the keyboards, I found that the cut cords were attached to a 5-pin molex connector.



I took the pins out of the molex connectors and recrimped a couple of donor cables onto them.  With the help of a multimeter, I figured out which wire was which and reattached the molex connectors.  The keyboards worked 100%!  Though I still prefer the buckling springs of my trusty model M's, the white ALPs are fun to type on.  Now I gotta find a F1 keycap.  I thought I had a source but alas, no.
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Siig Reserrection
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 29 April 2012, 01:47:22 »
Quote from: drteming;585170
Well I bid and got 2 Siig Minitouch keyboards (Here).  The cords were cut and one of them was missing the F1 key cap.  When I got them, they were otherwise in great shape and very clean.  There was only some minor smudges on the cases which cleaned up easily with some 90% isopropyl alcohol.  When I opened the keyboards, I found that the cut cords were attached to a 5-pin molex connector.

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I took the pins out of the molex connectors and recrimped a couple of donor cables onto them.  With the help of a multimeter, I figured out which wire was which and reattached the molex connectors.  The keyboards worked 100%!  Though I still prefer the buckling springs of my trusty model M's, the white ALPs are fun to type on.  Now I gotta find a F1 keycap.  I thought I had a source but alas, no.

I always fear semen when it comes to used boards.