[Coco] CoCo keyboard connector

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

They must be on the web in PDF format, I have a folder full of them.

Note: I have not looked inside most of them so the (pdf) part of the name 
may be a lie.

SHF

 Directory of G:\COCO\Download\CoCo Tandy manuals

05/06/2011  05:44 PM    <DIR>          .
05/06/2011  05:44 PM    <DIR>          ..
04/02/2011  09:16 AM    <DIR>          Aaronwolfe
09/23/2009  11:00 PM           964,164 Color Computer 3 BASIC Quick 
Reference Ma
nual (1986)(Tandy)(pdf).7z
04/02/2011  09:30 AM    <DIR>          Color Computer 3 Exended Basic 
(1986)(Tan
dy)(pdf)
09/25/2009  11:00 PM        85,949,543 Color Computer 3 Exended Basic 
(1986)(Tan
dy)(pdf).7z
09/25/2009  11:00 PM         8,973,560 Color Computer 3 Service Manual 
(19xx)(Ta
ndy)(pdf).7z
05/06/2011  05:44 PM    <DIR>          Color Computer Disk System Owners 
Manual
(1981)(Tandy)(pdf)
09/25/2009  11:00 PM        10,851,079 Color Computer Disk System Owners 
Manual
(1981)(Tandy)(pdf).7z
04/02/2011  09:28 AM            12,903 TANDY_HW.dir
               5 File(s)    106,751,249 bytes

 Directory of G:\COCO\Download\CoCo Tandy manuals\Aaronwolfe

04/02/2011  09:16 AM    <DIR>          .
04/02/2011  09:16 AM    <DIR>          ..
04/02/2011  09:21 AM         4,490,786 cococoding.aaronwolfe.fp
04/02/2011  09:16 AM           464,375 Documentation - CoCoCoding.mht
               2 File(s)      4,955,161 bytes

 Directory of G:\COCO\Download\CoCo Tandy manuals\Color Computer 3 Exended 
Basic
 (1986)(Tandy)(pdf)

04/02/2011  09:30 AM    <DIR>          .
04/02/2011  09:30 AM    <DIR>          ..
08/01/2005  01:57 AM        92,541,123 Color Computer 3 Exended Basic 
(1986)(Tan
dy)(pdf).pdf
               1 File(s)     92,541,123 bytes

 Directory of G:\COCO\Download\CoCo Tandy manuals\Color Computer Disk System 
Own
ers Manual (1981)(Tandy)(pdf)

05/06/2011  05:44 PM    <DIR>          .
05/06/2011  05:44 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/18/2005  11:40 AM        11,102,181 Color Computer Disk System Owners 
Manual
(1981)(Tandy)(pdf).pdf
               1 File(s)     11,102,181 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               9 File(s)    215,349,714 bytes
              11 Dir(s)  38,729,203,712 bytes free

G:\COCO\Download\CoCo Tandy manuals>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hhos at st-tel.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo keyboard connector


>> Hey, is there a tech manual online somewhere? I'm interested in how the
>> CoCo keyboard connector works. I know it went to a thin mylar connector
>> for the CoCo 3, but wasn't it a ribbon cable for the CoCo 1?
>>
>
> I haven't found any PDF tech manuals on-line for the CoCo's, which
> surprises me.  There are certainly a lot of others that have been
> documented on-line. I have a technical reference for the CoCo1/2/3. I can
> send you some scanned schematics, if you wish?
>
>> Are the CoCo keys just switches, that open/close contacts and it's read 
>> as
>> an X by Y matrix of switches?
>> -
>
> Yes, they are just momentary contact switches in X/Y. They are laid out
> the same as the CoCo3. I know there are schematics of that readily
> available on-line. The CoCo1 doesn't have all the keys that the CoCo3
> does, though.
>
> HH