[Coco] MC-11 Status Update

[Zippster]

Well, make that over 600.  I guess a lot of those were adapters and similar.

- Ed


> On Jul 27, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I think most older USB keyboards will support the adapters.  
> 
> But as Al was indicating, PS2 keyboards are commonplace.  A quick ebay query turns up 
> over 6,000 listings with a wide variety of prices (starting at almost nothing) and styles.
> 
> - Ed
> 
> 
>> On Jul 27, 2015, at 7:51 PM, Steve Batson via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I have some old keyboards around that may work then...I guess I'll wait and see what the end state of this thing is. I would be fun to use to build up a system. 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 27, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net> wrote:
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>>> A PS/2 to USB adapter only converts the pin assignments. The keyboard has to have the circuitry within it to detect that you have attached the adapter and switch to PS/2 mode.
>>> 
>>> That's why these adapters don't work with every keyboard.
>>> 
>>> There are active adapters that have circuitry, they will cost a bit more money. But, you can still find PS/2 keyboards if you look on Amazon, eBay, and elsewhere.
>>> 
>>> -[ Al ]-
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Steve Batson via Coco wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Cool so I suspect that it would work fine with a PS2 to USB adapter.
>>>> This sounds like a great homebrew computer that you could build up for all
>>>> kinds of control projects and things like that 
>>> 
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