[Coco] Coco Digest, Vol 178, Issue 43

[camillus gmail]

Hi Dave,

I do know about USB /PS2 keyboards but hey are all rubber dome key operated and most of them are Mylar bases, on which you can not solder. Now this deal are real sherry blue switches ( unless they lie, I will see that soon enough ), so there are many opportunities to make a new keyboard for the coco. Or harvesting the keys and make a new pcb, or rewire the existing board, and take the layout for granted. This is personal to the extend of how close you want to go to the originally layout of the coco ( 1 2 3).

The only problem I still see is to get the right caps with the specific layout for the coco, like red break, and some others.
I need to do some laser experiments.

It would be a nice replacement if I can keep it a project @ $70 a $80( this board incl. ).

cb  
On 7/23/2017 11:11:55 AM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
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 wrote:
>
> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 21:35:47 -0500
>> From: "camillus gmail"
>> To: "Bill via Coco"
>> Subject: [Coco] keyboards
>> Message-ID:
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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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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