18 May
2020
18 May
'20
9:20 p.m.
Do you guys want original LK201s, or other keyboards that LOOK like LK201s
in the caps and layout, or converters?
I am a little confused... LK201 clones do not have the clip offset on the
terminal connector, so you would have to replace the connector. I have no
idea if the protocol, voltage, etc is the same.
Cindy
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sophie
Haskins via cctalk
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:41 PM
To: Paul Koning; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: LK201 emulation
I would absolutely be interested in this - while I'd love to use original
hardware where possible, it's not always easy to get peripherals at the same
time as machines. A long term dream of mine is to build some sort of
general-purpose box that can make connections to arbitrary vintage computer
keyboard/mouse/video ports, and connect in to modern HDMI & USB peripherals
to make it easier to just pull a machine off the shelf and get going.
On May 17, 2020, at 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Gentlepeople,
I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created
an
adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look
like an LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically, Adafruit Trinket M0,
an amazingly tiny yet powerful small microprocessor).
It's working at this point, though it needs a few small software tweaks to
make
it complete. I'm going to turn my breadboard into something slightly
more polished.
Question to the list: is this something that would be of interest to
others? If
yes, I can make the design available. Perhaps the PCB layout
and parts list. I don't think I want to get into building units for others,
though.
paul
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