On Dec 15, 2007, at 6:09 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
   It has an 8048
uP if memory serves and the output is TTL level serial
 ASCII.  Making it put out parallel would be a major hackup including
 reprogramming an 8748. 
 Or alternatively converting that serial output to parallel using an
 external circuit. How hard that is depends on the format of the serial
 data. If it's an asynchonous signal, with start and stop bits, a 40 pin
 dumb UART chip should do it.
 What was used inside the Kaypro to receive the keyboard data? 
 
   Z80 SIO, at least on the -II and -4.
        -Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL