[Coco] Coco Digest, Vol 178, Issue 43

[Dave Philipsen]

Just FYI, some of the USB keyboards (not all) retain backward compatibility with the PS/2 keyboards.  All that is required is a simple USB->PS/2 adapter and they will work.

Dave


> On Jul 23, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Amardeep S Chana <asc135 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 21:35:47 -0500
>> From: "camillus gmail" <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Bill via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Subject: [Coco] keyboards
>> Message-ID: <7d599a8a-7d5e-4fca-bfc6-76dd59690292 at getmailbird.com>
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>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> This is a chance in a lifetime, to get a cheap good BLUE CHERRY SWITCH
>> keyboard.
>> 
>> Copy & Paste the link and see for yourself.
>> 
>> I ordered one and will see how hard is is to adapt it to a coco. ( coco3
>> in my case )
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> cb
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13785&cl=res&utm_
>> source=170722_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=
>> 13785&utm_campaign=170722_saturday
>> 
>> 
> Thanks for the heads up, but just a couple of points.  The layout is the
> European style with the backslash to the left of the ENTER key.
> 
> Also, nowhere does it say Cherry in the ad.  Real genuine Cherry made
> switches are north of $.60 each in quantity so you'll never see a $40
> keyboard made with them.  This is still a pretty good deal, but you're
> getting a Chinese knockoff mechanical switch and as long as you're aware of
> it, all is well.  I have a few like that and they work just fine.  Plus I
> won't cry a tear when they wear out/break.
> 
> I know they have PS/2 to CoCo keyboard adapters but I haven't seen USB to
> CoCo keyboard adapters  This might be a job for Mr. Raspberry Pi.  :-)
> 
> Amardeep
> 
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