Re: New product: RetroConnector keyboard shields

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

option8 <option8@gmail.com> wrote:
> Re: any key down, not entirely certain, but mine should work that way. It
> does everything through making the same electrical connections the
> physical //e keyboard would (grounding some pins, 5v to others, etc)
> through multiplexing switches. It gets a key down from the USB keyboard,
> and keeps the pins switched together until it gets a key up.
> 
> Nishida's probably works in a similar way, but I could never get any
> information from him about his design.

I agree--if it works as you describe, all should be well. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon