6 Nov
2000
6 Nov
'00
11:45 p.m.
Does anyone know if I can substitute
a keyboard and mouse from an early Mac?
(the ones with the non-adb keyboards
and db9-connector mice). I don't mind
hacking the connectors, if someone can
give me the pinout info. As far as I
can tell, the lisa uses some sort of
mini-db9 for the mouse, and a 1/4"
headphone-jack for the keyboard (weird!)
Mouse: yes
Keyboard: no
However...
Somewhere out there, there's fairly complete
info on the Lisa hardware. It should include
details, if not on the keyboard itself, on the
interface to the keyboard. From that, you might
be able to modify a spare Mac keyboard to work
until you can find a Lisa replacement.
Worse case, you'll have to use a microcontroller
to convert between the two interfaces, requiring
some custom work on your part.
-dq
7 Nov
7 Nov
2:36 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Somewhere out there, there's fairly complete
info on the Lisa hardware. It should include
details, if not on the keyboard itself, on the
interface to the keyboard. From that, you might
be able to modify a spare Mac keyboard to work
until you can find a Lisa replacement.
"Somewhere" starts at the VCF Link Library:
http://www.vintage.org/cgi-bin/links.pl
Click on Apple Resources, then scroll down to Lisa.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
5:29 a.m.
Tons of Lisa technical docs are at a web page that isn't linked (yet) from the
VCF library.
http://lisa.sunder.net/
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Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:37 AM
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: Lisa 2 Keyboard/Mouse substitute?
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Somewhere out there, there's fairly complete
info on the Lisa hardware. It should include
details, if not on the keyboard itself, on the
interface to the keyboard. From that, you might
be able to modify a spare Mac keyboard to work
until you can find a Lisa replacement.
"Somewhere" starts at the VCF Link Library:
http://www.vintage.org/cgi-bin/links.pl
Click on Apple Resources, then scroll down to Lisa.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
5:15 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, John Lewczyk wrote:
Tons of Lisa technical docs are at a web page that
isn't linked (yet) from the
VCF library.
http://lisa.sunder.net/
It is now. Thanks for the link.
I'm always glad to get new links to add to the library.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
2:37 a.m.
Somewhere out there, there's fairly complete
info on the Lisa hardware. It should include
details, if not on the keyboard itself, on the
interface to the keyboard. From that, you might
be able to modify a spare Mac keyboard to work
until you can find a Lisa replacement.
The last time I checked with them, you could still get a new
Lisa keyboard, with the notecards, for about $50 from Sun
Remarketing. Might seem a bit pricey to some people, but there
aren't a whole lot of other choices for this part.
Jeff
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