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Re: Apple IIplus keyboard encoder



Ok, I've finally finished testing and I put up a little page. You can now 
order the boards, they only come assembled, I'm not going to work out kits 
for just the few boards that I have.

http://www.brielcomputers.com/superencoder.html

Vince

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"Vince Briel" <vbriel@removethisspamdotohdotrr.net> wrote in message 
news:46e4235f$0$17110$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Well, I have a boatload of Apple II keyboards with bad encoders so I 
> finally got around to making a replacement encoder board. It decodes the 
> matrix data and sends it out to the Apple II plus via the 16 pin cable. 
> The bonus feature I added was the ps/2 keyboard connector. I made it so 
> you can run both a ps/2 keyboard and the Apple IIplus keyboards at the 
> same time! The nice thing about this is 2 player games are much easier 
> now. Also, the shift key mod would be the same by soldering the wire to 
> the same place. I didn't make a solder point but it shouldn't be a problem 
> to do the mod.
>
> Here's a picture of the board on a keyboard:
>
> http://www.brielcomputers.com/files/a2decoder.jpg
>
> It is designed for the II/IIplus keyboards that have the seperate encoder 
> boards. I made 20 of these and need about 5 for myself so I'll probably 
> offer the other 15 when I'm comfortable that the code is good. I think $29 
> will be the asking price without a cable. I didn't make many because this 
> is a specialized item.
>
> Let me know if you want one and I'll make a list.
>
>
> Vince
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> What is the Micro-KIM?
> http://www.brielcomputers.com
>
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