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atarione:
I have been annoyed by the non removable cable on my Filco MJ2 TKL since I bought it.. I probably would use my other boards now and again, if it didn't mean climbing under my desk (and banging my head... I always bang my head doing this) to unplug the filco then try to wrestle it free from the (admittedly not brilliantly managed) cables behind my pc / desk...   In short it basically isn't worth the trouble so I have my fullsize keyboard that basically hasn't seen the light of day in over 2yrs.. 

At one point I thought someone was selling a premade removable cable mod for these Filco's but they do not seem to sell them any longer?   

So questions?

A. Is there any premade removable cable mods I can buy somewhere still?  (if there is I apologize I have searched awhile and couldn't find them).

B. Is there any reason (assuming I didn't wire it incorrectly / mess up) this wouldn't work?

buy connector Filco uses for these (I believe Molex 51065-0500)



and buy one of these USB mini extension cables (my fullsize Rosewill RK9000 uses the USB mini connector (unfortunately?) .. cut the male end off (awkward ... / PHRASING?)  and wire it (correctly) into the molex connector above and replace stock cable with this new franken pigtail cable?



I think this should work?  I can't think of why it wouldn't ???   

Leslieann:
It will work, that's how mine is done.
Except I used a Type C "charging" extension which are often just USB 2.0 internally. No messing with 14 wires, just the common 5.

I also stuck a magnetic connector into that pigtail.

atarione:

--- Quote from: Leslieann on Mon, 08 August 2022, 10:16:12 ---It will work, that's how mine is done.
Except I used a Type C "charging" extension which are often just USB 2.0 internally. No messing with 14 wires, just the common 5.

I also stuck a magnetic connector into that pigtail.

--- End quote ---

excellent.. I was pretty sure it would be fine.. mini makes sense in my case as I have this Rosewill RK9000 that has a mini connector and I couldn't help myself and ordered this** from Japan today.. (which also has a removable cable utilizing USB mini... so with this mod to my filco I could easily swap between all 3... which would be game changing.    I really hate getting behind my computer to change Keyboard cables.. access is "poor" to the back of my case and I just have to crawl under my desk.. which I don't like doing.

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Thank you very much for the information /reply .. I appreciate you assistance.   

fohat.digs:

--- Quote from: atarione on Mon, 08 August 2022, 19:32:38 ---
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Mon, 08 August 2022, 10:16:12 ---
I also stuck a magnetic connector into that pigtail.

--- End quote ---

I could easily swap between all 3... which would be game changing.

--- End quote ---

The magnetic connector is what is truly game-changing. I have multiple devices with different sockets that can each tap off the same cable simply by utilizing different "heads" - one-handed, in the dark no less.

pixelpusher:
how will you know which wire is which without cutting open the other end?  Are you just going to hope the wire coloring makes some sense?

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