10 Jul
2012
10 Jul
'12
10:48 a.m.
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> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:59:38 -0400
> Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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
11 Jul
11 Jul
12:19 a.m.
Amardeep S Chana <asc135 at gmail.com> wrote:
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.
I, for example, simply love the Sun model5 keyboards. Love 'm! So I'd be very
happy to just be able to plug it in in every computer I have and use it. But, alas, not
enough model5 boards laying around here, to be able to misuse it every day.
re,
Sander
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
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.
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