Date   : Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:37:24 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: BBC motherboard from a PC power supply

> Not very long.  The old Viglen separate keyboard/box setup 
> managed about 2 feet.

I have a keyboard lead from a mainboard to the keyboard currently at 4
meters (some leftover shielded 21 pole cable). Works like a charm.

J G Harston also wrote in an email to the list Mo 29.01.2001 02:43
"[BBC-Micro] Re: Desecration"
A couple of years ago somebody pestered me to make them a 20-foot
extension lead for his BBC keyboard.  In utter disbelief I made it for
him totally expecting it not to work over that length.  It worked!
 
I used some 16-way flex from Maplin and a 16-way connector at each end,
and used it in place of the small two-inch keyboard cable.  As the
keyboard has 17 lines I ommitted the "cassette LED" signal.


My PC power supply also works wonderfully. Just made some simple
connectors from the PC mainboard connector to the BBC board.


Mark