[Coco] MC-11 Status Update

[Mike Delyea]

PS/2 keyboards won't die out soon.  Gamers prefer them because they have
better response and rollover times.  The best gaming keyboards are PS/2
with Cherry mechanical switches.  Here's a good explanation.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mechanical-switch-keyboard,2955-5.html

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 3:23 AM, Didier Derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:

> In my country, if it is still possible to find good ps/2 mouse, qwerty
> ps/2 keyboards are not common we have to buy them overseas
> most of the keyboard are just usb with a non working usb to ps/2 adapter
> and azerty keyboard are not properly decoded
>
> After having tried to find for my old machine some usb interface I'm
> finally building mine
>
> I would love to buy Darren's Board it looks quite nice but with ps/2 I'm
> not so sure to buy one
> I love his  cocoSDC and I guess his new board is also very good.
>
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> didier
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> On 28/07/2015 04:01, Zippster wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>  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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