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- 14 Oct 2021, 21:31
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How do I fit three stabilizers on a PCB?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6851
Re: How do I fit three stabilizers on a PCB?
The PCB of my particular Kinesis (Model 130 that seems to be a mix of parts) has holes for installing PCB mount stabs, but no Kinesis I've seen actually have them installed. My KB132MPC has stabilizer holes; my 120 and Advantage don't. I installed stabs on the 132 after breaking a key on the Advant...
- 20 Jul 2021, 17:47
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Keyboards in movies/TV series!
- Replies: 529
- Views: 348630
Re: Keyboards in movies/TV series!
- 16 Jun 2021, 19:09
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Hexadecimal Keyboard Project
- Replies: 2
- Views: 985
Re: Hexadecimal Keyboard Project
You should probably look for keycaps first, so that you can be sure to get compatible switches, but almost certainly you will find ‘Cherry MX compatible’ for both. The easiest, and probably also cheapest, route for you would be to get a full regular keyboard keycap set (search any major online vendo...
- 03 Jun 2021, 16:32
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- 25 May 2021, 01:33
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
picked up this "computer" branded keyboard. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/338881846060253187/846164720158769182/20210523_161503.jpg The front labels correspond to Applesoft BASIC, so this must have come from an Apple II clone, or been an external third-party keyboard for the Apple II.
- 16 May 2021, 00:26
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Unicomp, are you drunk?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2383
Re: Unicomp, are you drunk?
Bjerrk wrote: ↑15 May 2021, 21:22Code: Select all
state 0x2000, keycode 97 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
“keycode 97” is evdev 97−8 = 89 KEY_RO (see /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h), which is what you'd expect for that position. The USB HID code is page 7, usage 0x0087 named ‘Keyboard International1’.
- 29 Apr 2021, 20:03
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Nixdorf Keyboard
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4269
Re: Nixdorf Keyboard
No, just that you're probably wasting your time if you think that its use of a DE9 connector would be in any way related to the use of a DE9 connector on a completely unrelated system.
- 16 Apr 2021, 17:59
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Space Cadet Keyboard on eBay
- Replies: 96
- Views: 18002
Re: Space Cadet Keyboard on eBay
I don't have an Alto (I wish) but I have a Dandelion (“Star”, but that was actually the name of a software package), and yes, I periodically get offers for the keyboard alone (which I ignore).
- 11 Apr 2021, 19:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
I also have a strange one to identify, a Philips with, what it seems to be, relegendable keycaps. Sadly I do not have more details: That's an interesting combination of legends. It has some ASCII-bit-paired caps (e.g. ‘;’/‘+’ and ‘:’/‘*’) but also non-ASCII characters (‘¬’) and a Hollerith card com...
- 09 Apr 2021, 23:11
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Longterm Daily Drivers
- Replies: 146
- Views: 32498
- 09 Feb 2021, 00:08
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Brightening a little, I'm leaning toward the keyboard being from an EBCDIC data entry terminal, maybe key-to-tape. It has a bunch of card-style operations (SKIP, REL, DUP, LEFT ZERO) but also CTRL and DISPLAY. EBCDIC because the key left of numpad 4 is ‘|’ and ‘¬’ which is an EBCDIC pair (4F/5F) and...
- 08 Feb 2021, 17:07
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Anyone know what Batman was typing on in Batman Returns? Something pretty darn old, since it's a punch-card style layout (but not actually a punch card keyboard). In case the whole console is original rather than a prop-shop job, it might help to check nearby frames for more legible toggle switch l...
- 02 Feb 2021, 01:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Keypad for use with score software called Music Publisher. https://web.archive.org/web/20180708212 ... ic=74103.0
- 31 Jan 2021, 02:04
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Fujitsu Xerox J-Star
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7973
Re: Fujitsu Xerox J-Star
Definitely stylistically similar to the later US Star keyboard , though it's a completely different mechanism and several of the function keys have been shuffled around. The original thick version of the J-Star keyboard seems to have been exactly same as the Star except for the cap labels, so I wond...
- 27 Jan 2021, 01:17
- Forum: News
- Topic: Switch height DIN standard (maybe) found
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10619
Re: Switch height DIN standard (maybe) found
Yes, it's true: the Germans killed the beam spring. In An overview of standards and guidelines for visual display terminals it is written, The first recommendation, having the elbows at right angles and the forearms horizontal, was adopted in the German DIN standard. For this posture, the distance b...
- 25 Jan 2021, 17:25
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
- 25 Oct 2020, 17:54
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Help to identify this keyboard
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1636
Re: Help to identify this keyboard
Most likely a terminal. A word processor or typewriter wouldn't have a bit-paired ASCII layout.
- 21 Oct 2020, 21:24
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5324
- Views: 1570814
- 21 Oct 2020, 17:44
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Help identify my keyboard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3676
Re: Help identify my keyboard
It's effectively F16 (look at the F numbering of the whole row) and sends ESC [ 2 9 ~ (which is what pretty much every modern terminal will send for F16, if you have that many). I gather some VMS software used it to trigger or confirm actions.
- 19 Oct 2020, 21:03
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Tektronix 4120
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2551
Re: Tektronix 4120
Turning on a fourteenth LED by sending the highest possible code (31) actually drives a 555 timer connected to the speaker to play a tone. Even though that's a lot of hardware for this, there does not appear to be any way to change the note. And this keyboard seems to be too late for the craze of b...
- 18 Oct 2020, 16:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Siemens F500
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10855
Re: Siemens F500
- 09 Oct 2020, 19:49
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How do I figure out a Keyboards Scan Codes?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2550
Re: How do I figure out a Keyboards Scan Codes?
download and install SwitchHitter. It will show scan code for every key press. This? It's completely irrelevant to OP's questions. (a) It shows Windows' view of keys, and if Windows is seeing keys, you already know what the keyboard sends; and (b) the Windows codes it shows are not actually the cod...
- 06 Oct 2020, 16:56
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Does anyone make "retro" USB mice in the style of the old, boxy ones from the 80s?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 129714
Re: Does anyone make "retro" USB mice in the style of the old, boxy ones from the 80s?
A couple decades ago, when obsolete Apple M0100 mice were a dime a dozen, I made this by transplanting the internals of a Microsoft mouse:
- 03 Oct 2020, 17:09
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How do I figure out a Keyboards Scan Codes?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2550
Re: How do I figure out a Keyboards Scan Codes?
To be frank, unless you also want to get in to vintage test equipment, you'll probably be better with one of the cheap USB interfaces (example). For one thing, once you figure out the format, you can just export the scan code data rather than reading traces off a screen.
- 02 Oct 2020, 22:51
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Trackball for smaller hands
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20450
Re: Trackball for smaller hands
Thanks for the photo! The slimblade seems to have a better position for the wrist... I spent some time buying every thin mouse I could find, since bending my wrist upward causes me RSI pain, before switching to the trackball. I should note that I have a custom-made tray for my Kinesis contoured key...
- 02 Oct 2020, 22:42
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How do I figure out a Keyboards Scan Codes?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2550
Re: How do I figure out a Keyboards Scan Codes?
What you want is not an oscilloscope but a logic analyzer. For some keyboards, yes, you will have to press every key and record the result. For others, you'll quickly discover a pattern.
- 01 Oct 2020, 20:06
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: Trackball for smaller hands
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20450
Re: Trackball for smaller hands
I use a Kensington Slimblade, mapped with the middle button on the upper right (default is upper left).
- 21 Sep 2020, 19:01
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Hex numpads?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2500
Re: Hex numpads?
Found one: the Tektronix PRISM logic analyzers. It's even the right age that the people doing the USB hardware layer might have had one.
- 21 Sep 2020, 17:53
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Hex numpads?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2500
Re: Hex numpads?
Many hardware tools (e.g. logic analyzers) and single-board computers had hex keypads, but that's not really the same as a hex keypad on a regular text keyboard (or using the same interface as a regular text keyboard).