[Coco] Mechanical keyboard upgrades for the CoCo

[Brian Blake]

On 8/21/2015 1:56 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
> The issue with keycaps made for PC keyboards is that the CoCo's layout 
> is different. A-Z and a few other keys are the same, but 2, 6, 7, 8, 
> 9, 0, :, ;, and - and all have different shifted functions, and then 
> there are the CoCo's BREAK, CLEAR and @ keys. So, custom legends are 
> necessary. That's why I'll be contacting a keycap manufacturer to see 
> if semi-custom keycaps are financially practical at this small quantity. 

Mark,

I'm pretty sure that's why Ed is putting a CPLD on it, to account for 
the mapping differences - which I hadn't thought of in my previous rant....


Brian

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