A few keyboard questions
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Here's how to connect a MegaST-keyboard to a 1040ST:
It's taken from the "ST-Computer" October '90 ('Quick-Tips')


                                              Picture 1

                                   Mega ST-Keyboard cable
                                       (seen from outside)

It's no problem to connect                                        *  1
the MegaST keyboard to the                 ____________           o
smaller computers 520St and             ___|           |          *  3
1040ST. To do that, you only           |        6  *   |          *  4
have to get a 6-pin western            |        5  *   |          *  5
connector plug to be connec-           |        4  *   |          *  6
ted to the keyboard. (available        |        3  *   |          *  7
in Electronic shops) After that        |        2  *   |          *  8
four cables must be connected          |        1  *   |
with the 'Pfostereihe' (the            |___            |          1040ST
plug inside the 1040ST) where             |___________|     Keyboard-Plug
normally the dazzy original-keyboard
is plugged in. The exact connection                             Picture 3
is shown on picture 2 and 3

   Eickmann Computer, Franktfurt

           *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  o  *
           18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9  8  7  6  5  4  3     1

 Picture 2          520 ST Keyboard plug (not for You, Jeff)


 Picture 3 (Meg to 1040ST)          Picture 2 (Meg to 520ST)
   MegST                              MegST
 keyboard cable +--+ 1040ST plug    keyboard +--+ 520ST plug

           6 +--|----+ 8                  6 +--|----+ 1
                |                              |
           5 +--|                         5 +--|

           4 +-------+ 5                  4 +-------+ 14
           3 +-------+ 6

           2 +--|----+ 4                  2 +--|----+ 13
                |                              |
           1 +--|                         1 +--|
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And now for No.2
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If you remove the keyboard from the Mega ST and switch on the computer,
the computer won't boot up and send you a series of 'Alert-Beeps'.
If YOU want to let your Mega ST run without a keyboard (FAX-Server a.s.o.)
simply connect a restistor to the keyboard-plug in the Meg and at once
there's silence and he'll do his job!
 (Freely translated from Eickmann-Computer by me)

   6 *     10kj resistor
   5 *     _____
   4 *----|_____|--
   3 *             |
   2 *-------------+
   1 *-------------|

 Mega ST keyboard-plug
 (inside-view)
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And here's another one: This one's about the Hardcopy-function of the ST's
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Do you hate it - after pressing <Alternate>+<Help> the same time - when
you don't have a printer connected to the parallel port of your ST and
must wait a long time to work again because of the long break taking the
computer to realize that there's no printer connected?
Well, do this and forget about it:

connect the following pins of the printer port of your computer (better:
create a Sub-D 25pin-male-plug an connect the pins on the soldering side):

   pin 13 connected to 14 and 15 (all across the plug)
   pin 1  connected to 10
   pin 23 connected to 11 and 12
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