IIe Encoder In Franklin Ace 1000



The picture above shows the first cut in the lower right
corner, along side where the spacebar of the original
keyboard would come through. There will be 2 more
cutouts, the other side of the spacebar opening, and
a notch in the upper left, in this view, for RESET.
Yes, the Franklin has a RESET button in the front of
the base, but we don't need that with the IIe keyboard.



Above, you can see the Encoder is connected by cable,
due to the Video Character Generator board being so
close to the keyboard and plugs sticking up making it
impossible to simply plug the Encoder into the ASCII
port. (Yes, that is definitely anti-static foam.)
I am working on a better solution for others who
may wish to use a IIe keyboard in a Franklin.



Here is what it looks like from the front.



And from the top. Notice the screws, they are 3/16" diameter.
See the notch for the RESET button? I could show you a more
detailed operation, and give you measurements, but where is
the fun in that. And, if I wanted to, I could have made some
clamps and used the threaded holes inside and avoided those
screw heads showing, but, it's my Franklin. Do yours, your way.



This is just a picture of the ProDOS User's Disk running
on a CFFA, and using the IIe Keyboard, newly installed,
to get to the LIST PRODOS DIRECTORY command.

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