[Coco] Coco keyboard for PC

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:01:30 +0000
Henry Rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I m doing a pc on a stick into a coco case and want to retain the
> coco keyboard if I can
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry Passport smartphone not running Android.
>   Original Message  
> From: Bruce W. Calkins
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 2:43 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco keyboard for PC
> 
> Given the excess of surplus PC keyboards, I doubt anyone has bothered.
> OTOH: a PS-2 or USB to CoCo adapter might get some small attention.
> Bruce W.
> 
> 
> On 11/28/2016 01:40 PM, Henry Rietveld wrote:
> > Does anyone make an adapter to use a coco keyboard with a pc? Via
> > usb?
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry Passport smartphone not running Android.
> >
> 
> 

Henry:

    A couple of years ago I built a CoCo Keyboard to USB adapter. It is
mentioned in the some of the CoCoFest! reviews in the GCCC Newsletter.

http://www.glensideccc.com/data/library/newsletters/gccc33_2nl.pdf
http://www.glensideccc.com/data/library/newsletters/gccc34_1nl.pdf

    I'm sure I wrote an article describing how to build it for the
newsletter, but, I can't find it. I can send a copy if you are
interested. 

    I used a tiny micro-controller (Teensy 2.0) to read the CoCo
keyboard matrix and output the USB keycodes. I can also send the
software project. I only added a few CTRL/ALT sequences for the keys I
missed most (the CoCo has about half the keys), but more could be added.

Teensy Homepage:
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/


Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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