Re: Apple II+ Keyboard

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <9ZqdnVBFcdrkQ2fdRVn-uw@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote:
>When I see them on eBay I snag them. Usually not for more than $15-$20
>though. Some people think that Apple II stuff is like Gold so I try not to
>encourage that too much.  :o) I originally got this one to go with my
>Replica I board, but, I've not been able to get one yet, so I'm willing to
>let it go and snag one later, or, use a PS/2 KB.

Lack of working keyboards at a reasonable price led me to look into either
making an adapter of some sort or somehow fabricating a replacement
keyboard; of those two, the first approach would be much simpler.  I fired
off an email to Vince Briel and received the microcontroller that the
Replica I uses to translate input from a PS/2 keyboard to the ASCII
signaling that the II and II+ use.  I put together a board design yesterday
and am waiting for the BareBonesPCB site to start working properly again so
I can get the board made.  It'll be a small (2"x3") board that plugs into
the keyboard socket and can have a mini-DIN 6-pin connector (for direct
connection to a PS/2 keyboard) and/or a 10-pin header (for an extension to
bring the keyboard connector outside the case and to connect a reset
switch).

(I could just wire it up on some perfboard and leave it at that, but I'd
rather have something cleaner-looking than that, and getting boards made is
cheap enough now.)

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