[Coco] CoCo Keys2USB - Problem
Bill Pierce
ooogalapasooo at aol.com
Sat Aug 14 07:12:31 EDT 2021
Charlie, the OS9 keymap in VCC is set to be a normal PC keyboard and not a Coco keyboard. If it matched the COco keys... it would be the same as the Coco keymap and not needed LOL.
Also, in the latest VCC release, there is a custom keymap editor in which you can set the keys any way you want.
-----Original Message-----
From: coco at jechar.ca
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 13, 2021 4:47 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Keys2USB - Problem
I found the documentation and with a by cutting a piece of a used google
play card to size I replaced the lost nylon and I got the keyboard
working.
However there are issues.
1. The documentation says "You can tell which key map is selected as a
‘V’, ‘X’, or ‘M’ will display on the screen – indicating ‘VCC’, ‘XRoar’,
and ‘MAME’ respectively." however this does not happen.
I am using Vcc and in OS9 CLEAR works fine and as do the arrow keys and
the alphabet and numbers but much of the top row works incorrectly for
example
[SHIFT2] gets @ and should get a "
by the way the notation here
[SHIFT2] means hold down the shift key and the 2 key at the same
time.
[SHIFT6] gets ^ and should get &
[SHIFT7] gets & and should get '
[SHIFT8] gets * and should get (
[SHIFT9] gets ( and should get )
[SHIFT0] gets ) and should not
[:] by which I mean pressing the : key which is in the top row on a
COCO.
[:] gets a - but should get a :
[SHIFT:] gets an underscore but should get a *
[-] gets a = should get a - "minus"
[SHIFT-] should get an = but gets a +
[CTRL-] should get an underscore but gets an =
And finally BREAK and ESCAPE do not seem to work.
Is there a way to fix this. Will there be a software update to fix
these and is there a way to update I did not notice if there is a
PROGRAM button like on a pi pico and in the documentation included
no Info about flashing in new keyboard maps.
Charlie
On 2021-08-12 22:49, Paul F wrote:
> Charlie -
>
> The CoCo Keys2USB is my project. There are two links on the Tindie site
> -
> one for the source code and one for the .pdf version of the
> documentation.
> It sounds like you clicked the first link which brings you to the
> GitHub
> repository, and the readme.md file that you mentioned in your post is
> an
> industry standard markdown document which accompanies most git
> repositories. It can be viewed with a standard text viewer or is
> rendered
> through any HTML viewer/browser.
>
> I believe the document you need though is the second link, which can be
> accessed here -
> https://github.com/wyndec/CoCoKeys2USB/blob/master/docs/CoCo%20Keys2USB%20v1.2%20Instruction%20Sheet.pdf
>
> The thin piece of plastic you referred to in your original post is just
> a
> clear piece of nylon cut from a milk jug. It's only purpose is to
> provide a
> non-conductive wedge between the flat-flex mylar keyboard cable and the
> 2x16 card edge connector on the Keys2USB kit. As the documentation
> mentions, you want to have that under (on the non-conductive) side of
> the
> mylar cable to ensure the conductive (upper) side of the cable makes a
> firm
> and solid contact with the card edge connector.
>
> Also, the kit is designed so that the card edge connector could be used
> in
> both orientations (with the micro USB connector either on the left or
> the
> right). The important thing is that in either orientation, the nylon
> wedge
> is on the underside of the flat-flex mylar cable.
>
> Paul
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 9:53 PM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:
>
>> Ok I found some documentation at
>> https://www.tindie.com/products/fiscap0768/coco-keys2usb-kit/ but it
>> was
>> .md format I do not have a program to
>> read that why did they not stick to a standard like .docx or .pdf
>>
>> Do you know someone who can convert it to .pdf if I email it to them.
>>
>> Charlie.
>>
>> On 2021-08-12 20:29, Christopher R. Hawks wrote:
>> > On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:16:44 -0400
>> > coco at jechar.ca wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Hi I have a CoCo Keys2USB which I have used in the past however the
>> >> piece of plastic holds in the keyboard ribbon cable must have fallen
>> >> out and when I moved the keyboard and realized that the connection
>> >> had come loose and I am not sure which is the correct way to plug it
>> >> in nor do I know if I plug it in the wrong way If I will destroy it
>> >> can't find the documentation I had nor does there seem to be a PDF
>> >> online can anyone help.
>> >>
>> >> Charlie
>> >>
>> >
>> > A quick search with DuckDuckGo shows the kit web page is here:
>> > https://www.tindie.com/products/fiscap0768/coco-keys2usb-kit/
>> >
>> > It includes links to the documentation and source code.
>> >
>> >
>> > Christopher R. Hawks
>> > HAWKSoft
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