6 Nov
2000
6 Nov
'00
11:45 p.m.
Does anyone know if I can substitute
a keyboard and mouse from an early Mac?
(the ones with the non-adb keyboards
and db9-connector mice). I don't mind
hacking the connectors, if someone can
give me the pinout info. As far as I
can tell, the lisa uses some sort of
mini-db9 for the mouse, and a 1/4"
headphone-jack for the keyboard (weird!)
Mouse: yes
Keyboard: no
However...
Somewhere out there, there's fairly complete
info on the Lisa hardware. It should include
details, if not on the keyboard itself, on the
interface to the keyboard. From that, you might
be able to modify a spare Mac keyboard to work
until you can find a Lisa replacement.
Worse case, you'll have to use a microcontroller
to convert between the two interfaces, requiring
some custom work on your part.
-dq