Looking for thoughts on which machines used parallel ASCII keyboards...
I've got a couple of working machines here that used such a keyboard based
around the AY-3-4592 chip, but only one keyboard to go between them.
The interface between the keyboard and system is just 8 data lines and a
strobe though, all at TTL, so presumably any old keyboard that outputs ASCII
data could be made to work.
Ideally I'd like to find a real basket-case of a system that could provide me
with a donor keyboard. I'm not 100% happy with that, but providing the rest
doesn't go in the bin (such that it might be useful to someone at a later
date) and it's not something that's ultra-rare, it seems a reasonable thing to
do in order to complete an otherwise-pristine system.
Knowing which systems to look out for would be a start. Nascom, maybe? I think
RML 380Z's are probably parallel ASCII too, but their keyboards are already
rare as hen's teeth so I wouldn't be happy with that...
cheers
Jules
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