[Coco] Mechanical keyboard upgrades for the CoCo

[Joel Ewy]

On 08/21/2015 09:08 AM, Bill Loguidice wrote:
> I'm a huge fan of mechanical keyboards and use them on my modern computers
> whenever possible, but I don't see how it would be financially practical to
> create anything resembling a drop-in replacement for the CoCo. [snip...]
>
> With the above in mind, I wonder if taking something like the Vengeance K65
> keyboard (
> http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengeance-k65-compact-mechanical-gaming-keyboard),
> which is about as compact as mechanical keyboards get (~6.5x14in.; although
> I don't recall the dimensions of the CoCo case), and figuring a way to
> securely and somewhat cleanly mount that on top of the CoCo case (removing
> the old keyboard, etc.) and using an appropriate adapter (it helps it has a
> removable cable), would be a sufficient compromise between using an
> external keyboard or creating a true replacement? Probably not.
>
> -Bill
     It wasn't a full-sized keyboard, but I managed to fit a mini PS/2 
keyboard into a CoCo 2 keyboard housing that had been taken out of 
service due to broken mylar.  I mounted this in a vacated CoCo 3 case 
and put my Xilinx CoCo3FPGA in it.  This actually fits inside the CoCo 
case as intended. 
https://8littlebits.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/an-old-case-for-a-new-coco/

JCE

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