10 Jul
2012
10 Jul
'12
10:48 a.m.
>
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:59:38 -0400
> Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think there was some discussion on this list a while back about a
> > DIY microcontroller-based DEC LK2xx-to-PS/2 keyboard adapter
> http://www.kbdbabel.org/ has several converters for different
> keyboards. LKx01 to PS/2 and vice versa is here:
>
http://kbdbabel.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/kbdbabel/kbdbabel/kbdbabel-ps2-d…
>
http://kbdbabel.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/kbdbabel/kbdbabel/kbdbabel-lk-ps…
At a quick glance, those keyboard converters seem to mostly be going the
wrong way for us. THey are to use strange keyboards on hosts with PS/2
interfaces. So there's anm itnerface to link an LK201 to a PC, but not
the reverse.
Odd... Most of the time it's the keyboard, not the classic computer,
that's either misisng or hard to repair. Converters to link PS/2
keybaords to classics would eb a lot more useful.
-tony
My guess would be they're intended for people who want to emulate the
classic system on a modern machine but utilize the original system's
keyboard. It's not entirely unlike those PS/2 connector 3270 keyboards to
use with IBM terminal emulators.
Amardeep