KayPro II keyboard schematic

Got a UART? It will make the Kaypro keyboard output into parallel without changing a thing. The signal's 300 baud RS-232 at TTL levels. Bob Maxwell ------REPLY------ Hi Bob! Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. They have been very helpful. The goal of this project is to interface the Kaypro II serial keyboard to a Vector Graphic Flashwriter II video board. It requires 8 bits of parallel input (TTL levels) and a strobe. It provides +5v and ground connections. The interface is 8 bits of data, 1 strobe line, +5v, and ground connected to an intel 8212 parallel interface chip. Does anyone have a schematic for *simple* hardware only circuit using a commonly available UART, like an 8251 or 8250, to do the serial to parallel conversion? I am looking for a schematic which I can easily modify to strap the UART to 300bps operation. Really, I'd like to stress a *simple* circuit using a small number of chips and discrete components on a small protoboard. Preferably with +5v only operation. Even a hand drawn example or one in a datasheet would be great. I have searched on the internet for a simple circuit but have not found anything I could use. Please no MCU's or programmable devices, I realize how appealing they are but they require learning time consuming programming environments and I am pressed for time at the moment. Thanks in advance for any help! Andrew Lynch