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Re: Apple ][e mod -- keyboard converter needed

Subject: Re: Apple ][e mod -- keyboard converter needed
From: Michael J. Sch�lke <news0301@mjschuelke.de>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 10:18:31 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> Michael J. Schï¿½lke wrote:
> 
> > A microcontroller -- a simple PIC 16F8x should do the job. The Apple's 
> > keyboard outputs parallel ASCII. 
> 
> The II+ keyboard does, but the IIe's doesn't. It's a naked matrix. The
> "intelligence" is on the mainboard.

Oops. Thanks for setting that right. It doesn't change anything else I 
wrote, though -- now you need a microcontroller to scan the keyboard, 
and output PS/2. 

Regards, 
Michael

References:
- Apple ][e mod -- keyboard converter needed
  - From: Rob Gibson <nosbig@nosbig.net>
- Re: Apple ][e mod -- keyboard converter needed
  - From: Michael J. Sch�lke <news0301@mjschuelke.de>
- Re: Apple ][e mod -- keyboard converter needed
  - From: Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de>

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