Kaypro II keyboard? (problem)

[Paul A. Pennington]

    Randy wrote:

> Check the coiled cable, it would often go bad causing that kind of 
> problem. Some phone cords work others are "reversed", try a phone cord.

    Bad idea.

    The tinsel conductors in most phone cords won't carry enough current to 
work properly on Kaypros.  I used to get them in all the time when I had a 
Kaypro dealership.  Replaced the phone cord with the proper one and it 
almost always fixed the problem.  Don't know where you could find 
heavier-gauge coil cords today -- maybe you could crimp up a "straight" 
cable just to get it working.

    Paul Pennington
    Augusta, Georgia