[Coco] CoCo Keys2USB - Problem

[coco at jechar.ca]

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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