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Bump? Can anyone help me on this?

People consider Focus poor quality? That's news to me. Anyways, is it possible that you have it set to XT mode instead of AT mode? There would be a switch on it if so that you need to toggle.
I meant they just didn't have the best qc or best parts. I personally like their stuff but still :/

I ...

Hey again. Despite the fact I still haven't quite finished a bunch of other keyboard projects, I still managed to stumble across more boards...

Anywho, I found an FK-2001 for 10 bucks at a local garage sale the other day. A bit dirty on the caps, but otherwise fine. When I went home to test it with ...

Well i cut the jumpers and no dice. I suppose this project might be dead in the water for me now. I cant get a teensy in time for college nor do i have the equipment or knowledge to really wire one together.

Any last ditch ideas to deal with the power issue?

There is 2 options I think:

Here is ...

Well i cut the jumpers and no dice. I suppose this project might be dead in the water for me now. I cant get a teensy in time for college nor do i have the equipment or knowledge to really wire one together.

Any last ditch ideas to deal with the power issue?

Okay so the fella from reddit told me to cut the JO jumpers on the board. Ought I do it?


Yeah that is who I got the photos from so I would give it a shot. He seemed quite knowledgeable about this conversion.
So on the board the JO1 jumper was already cut, but I think there may be some more on ...

Okay so the fella from reddit told me to cut the JO jumpers on the board. Ought I do it?

All soldered in. Now I gotta figure out this power issue. The guy I spoke to over reddit didn't mention this to adapt but I'll try to contact him again.

Quick tip on soldering: the chisel tip is fine (it's what I use), it's more on method. For joining the wires to pins with solder, I'd tin the wire lead, tin the pin lead then heat them together to reflow the joints into one. Same process one would use for something like soldering leads on LEDs ...

Don't clip the the other jumpers and you should only solder the new ones on.
Oh so just leave the JA jumps?

For my own needs; what is filling these links supposed to enable?
From my understanding it enables the AT protocol on the board. Heres some photos, sorry for iffy camera quality.

There ...

TheInverseKey wrote: Don't clip the the other jumpers and you should only solder the new ones on.

Oh so just leave the JA jumps? I'll make sure not to. Any tips on getting the wires to stay put while soldering? Just pray?

TheInverseKey wrote: Here is a photo of the jumpers that need to be added so that it can be converted. They are the ones that have been done in copper wire that doesn't have a silver plating on them.

So just clip the JA jumpers and solder those two JP jumpers together?

So I took some extra photos. The ps2 cable I wanted to use is from a Dell quietkey. I spoke to a redditor on this and he gave me a pinout. He said he knew how to adapt my particular version and would tell me for a price. Anywho, attached are some photos I took. I have a cu on the ps2 jerry rigged ...

So I took some extra photos. The ps2 cable I wanted to use is from a Dell quietkey. I spoke to a redditor on this and he gave me a pinout. He said he knew how to adapt my particular version and would tell me for a price. Anywho, attached are some photos I took. I have a cu on the ps2 jerry rigged ...

So I took some extra photos. The ps2 cable I wanted to use is from a Dell quietkey. I spoke to a redditor on this and he gave me a pinout. He said he knew how to adapt my particular version and would tell me for a price. Anywho, attached are some photos I took. I have a cu on the ps2 jerry rigged in ...

Blaise170 wrote: I'm not that good with wiring - you'd need to ask someone else. Were you able to verify whether this is ADDS or XT/AT protocol?

Well unfortunately no, I'm not entirely certain how to check that. Here's a photo

USB is not directly compatible with AT protocol. PS/2 is compatible with AT and there are plenty of PS/2 to USB converters on the market though (and again, only if it has XT/AT switching on the mainboard since it appears that these used two protocols depending on manufacturing date).
So, how would ...

USB is not directly compatible with AT protocol. PS/2 is compatible with AT and there are plenty of PS/2 to USB converters on the market though (and again, only if it has XT/AT switching on the mainboard since it appears that these used two protocols depending on manufacturing date).
Oh okay, I ...

Blaise170 wrote: Ooh I misunderstood the wiki. Looks like if you desolder the RJ-11 cable and replace it with a DIN-5 or PS/2 cable that it should work as long as it has AT switching on the board.

So just stripping a USB and soldering it to the respective pinouy should work?

I recently came into owning this keyboard in pretty great condition, and was hoping to find someone who had previously adapted it to USB before. Unfortunately after searching awhile I wasn't so lucky. If anyone has any knowledge on this board I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll be posting a picture of ...

Hot plugging PS/2 isn't the best idea.
The Mini-DIN connector for PS/2 and the larger DIN one for the AT are standardised.

What's inside connecting the cable to the keyboard's PCB isn't. You might get "standard" 0.1 inch pitch pin connectors which are fairly easy to deal with, or something else ...

Hence, why I scrap them for the wire and materials. No sense trying to resell it (worthless) or use it myself (fire hazard).
Speaking of, do you know of a place I could get a ps/2 cable that could work too replace that rj11? Or if it's possible? I found a thread that showed the pinout, I'll try to ...

I've actually been thinking about doing this with a board of mine. Not sure if it's possible though

Blaise170 wrote: Not so handy to keep PSUs when they are the latest bargain bin junk. It's not uncommon to find terrible PSUs in lower end desktops.

Probably best to trash those really, or scrap em

Wire is extremely easy to find, I use old power supplies and I also buy it off eBay for like $5/100ft on eBay.
I actually have a few old psus sitting around too, I think I might not even have to buy it off eBay :)

Also, should I just use a ps/2 cable from another board and Frankenstein them ...

first off do you definitely know that it will not work with a pc in some way? if it was made after about 1980 then there is a good chance there are already commercial or community made converters that already exist. What i am saying is you might be ok with a couple of connectors plugged at the end ...

For wire just rip it out of a cat5 cable, works well for me
Oh, not a bad idea! I got loads of those sitting around, thanks!


I have a 100m box of "fell of the back of a Russian boat in the 90s not quite but almost" cat 5e in work. That works wonders for hooking stuff up :P.
I don't have that ...

I've bought insulated wire (and other necessary items, like a soldering iron, connectors, etd) from an electrical supplies store - I would think most cities have them. There must be some online, or even Amazon could be helpful.
I've tried looking online and I guess I might not be using the right ...

andrewjoy wrote: For wire just rip it out of a cat5 cable, works well for me

Oh, not a bad idea! I got loads of those sitting around, thanks!

So recently I've got a hold of a decent soldering iron I need to go through with a couple of my projects regarding wiring old keyboard up to be new, but I've realized I'm actually missing some crucial components...

First off, is there a difference between teensys? Where can I get insulated wiring ...