25 Jun
2001
25 Jun
'01
4:45 a.m.
On 25 Jun, 2001, Russ Blakeman brought forth:
By AS/400 terminal I assume you mean a VDT with twinax
connection? Is it a
Decision Data, HP, etc? Most are proprietary in the wiring as well as the
IBM. It has a nice big "IBM" logo on it. I don't have the terminal
itself, just the keyboard (I could have taken the terminal as well,
but my wife wouldn't have been amused about it taking up more space in
our apartment :)
UART and communications type and are not suitable for
PC use. Even between
different brands they wire the KBs differently though they use the same
connector as PCs, both the DIN 5 and PS/2 type Mini-DIN 6.
That's why I was looking for some more detailed information. I'll try
asking IBM, but that will likely involve emailing 3 different departments,
then being told to dial a number to contact another department, which
will refer you to thier website, which will then make you call another
department.
As Elmer Fudd would say - be vewwy, vewwy cawful...you can fry your machine
(or at least blow the micro fuse for the KB circuit).
I shall experiment on the 486 in the closet I got for free, then. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ian Warford
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:13 AM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: AS/400 Terminal Keyboard
Hi,
I have recently acquired an old AS/400 terminal keyboard in (apparently)
working condition.
The pinout on the keyboard, while 5 pins and the same size as an AT
connector, has the pins misplaced, so as not to plug into an AT jack.
I'm just curious if anyone has dones this sort of thing before
(i.e. plugging an AS/400 terminal keyboard into a PC). I'm on the
verge of Visiting Radioshack, however I have no information as to the
functioning of this keyboard.
Any information that I can find would be most appreciated (as I *love*
how this keyboard feels, and desperately want to use it :).
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When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity
of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see
engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and
that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here
instead of there... now instead of then. -"-,_,-"- Blaise Pascal
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Ian Warford / iwarford(a)home.com
When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity
of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see
engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and
that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here
instead of there... now instead of then. -"-,_,-"- Blaise Pascal