31 Jul
2019
31 Jul
'19
7:25 p.m.
You can use a LK201 or the seemingly less desirable LK401 with the VT320.
There are a number of LK201s on eBay right now for reasonable prices. The
cheap ones are always going to be untested/dirty/possibly missing a key or
two.
The thing to do for MMJ converters is to get a MMJ cable and an adapter.
The 9-pin I use is a H8571-J, I don't have many of those so I can't provide
one. The 25-pin I use is H8575-A, I have a few of those so if you wanted to
buy a MMJ cable and a MMJ -> DB25F, I could sell you that combination for a
reasonable price. I have a huge spool of DEC OfficeConnect branded
Spectra-Strip flat cable, a ton of MMJ crimps, and the necessary crimp die
to make up cables of whatever length you'd like. Contact me off-list if
you're interested.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:33 PM Adam Thornton via cctech <
cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard.
I have some questions:
1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone
have a VT-320 keyboard they?d be willing to let go cheaply?
2) ?or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who?d done an
Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an
AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead,
though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project?
3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you?d sell cheap, I?d be
happy to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that?s not really a
question. There?s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is;
was that a ?feature? of the B2 model? (that?s a question but not much of
one)
?aaaaand while I?m here, another question.
4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some
keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little
plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would
be most helpful.
Adam