[Coco] OS9 68K, MM/1 software and questions

[Joel Ewy]

On 01/07/2016 10:47 AM, Cocodemus wrote:
> Wellany software with direct access would nod work . Dunno if they exist
>
> Sent from my iPhone

I don't think there would have been much of that on the MM/1.    It may 
make some sense on the CoCo, but I you'd gain much by bypassing the 
operating system and reading the scancodes directly from the keyboard on 
the MM/1, even for games. I wish there was enough MM/1 software for 
somebody to have gone to the trouble of breaking the rules.

JCE

>> On Jan 6, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Joel Ewy <jcewy at swbell.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/06/2016 02:30 PM, Zippster wrote:
>>> Just briefly looking at the protocols it looks like a pretty simple conversion.
>>>
>>> - Ed
>> I'm wondering if it can be done in software with a new keyboard driver.  I believe the physical interface is just one of the UARTs built into the main board.  I don't remember if it's the one in the 68070 itself or the 68901.  But without looking into it too deeply, it would appear that re-writing the keyboard driver would be sufficient to work with AT-type scancodes.  Or am I missing something?
>>
>> JCE
>>
>>>> On Jan 6, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016, David Ladd wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ​Well the PC/AT style keyboard connector was used for both XT and AT
>>>>> keyboards.  Sadly in this case only keyboards that work on the MM/1 are
>>>>> those keyboards that still support the XT interface and scan codes.  Sadly
>>>>> in this case would need some form of active adapter to convert modern
>>>>> AT/PS-2 keyboards to XT style use.​
>>>> I picked up a couple of AT --> XT adapters for a very small sum several years ago.  I think it was through the N8VEM group.
>>>>
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