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xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

10 Nov 2019, 23:57

Burroughs , Keyboard With key

https://www.ebay.com/itm/362808757265

Wow, whoever got this, got a nice deal

paypal is a cancer Only if you're a Shyster. Otherwise it's the ONLY protection provided for ALL customers on Planet Earth. Very glad that they are there to protect our purchasing activities. Have no complaint's with them whatsoever. If you want to be treated as a "customer", your solution is to on...

Cant report again, but there is still information in the OP that should be removed!

I'm not sure how much sense it makes to talk about switches as opposed to keyboards when it comes to conversion. There *are* converted Hall Effect keyboard. And some keyboards use both "pulse" (for alphas, to avoid rollover issues*) and "hold" switches (for mods), which reinforces my first point. * ...

Ohh, a local fellow A bit heavy though, and at some point in the past I resolved to not pay more than 100 bucks for my beam springs

By what definition is that 60%?

Two (!!!) complete Lisp machines

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Symbolics-LISP ... 2785906324

anybody else thinking that ebay kinda dried out? I should complain more often ... Micro Switch SW https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Texas-Instruments-913-Terminal-Keyboard-Micro-Switch-Hall-Effect-Mechanical/163888119257 Keytronic Magnetic Reed (?) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dynapath-CNC-Keyboard-for-Sys...

Findecanor wrote: ↑

23 Sep 2019, 14:53

I think that could have been supposed to resemble a broken Terminator chip ...

And next you are telling me that the picture kbdfr posted is not a croissant but a baby seal?

Greetings, anybody else thinking that ebay kinda dried out? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Keyboard-Unknown-Make-A15/223674893581?hash=item341410050d:g:ArYAAOSwiVxdhixU https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Keyboard-S-100-Altair-IMSAI-1970s-RJ11-Connection/202780080794?hash=item2f36a2...

Play with this: http://www.tmk-kbd.com/tmk_keyboard/editor/unimap You can make a hex file with this graphical editor directly. Hasu made TMK much friendlier for most of us when he developed Unimap. Even I can use it now! I will, but I'd nonetheless really like to understand how to modify they keyma...

snuci has a manual, might help with conversion
http://vintagecomputer.ca/wp-content/up ... Manual.pdf

Oh, that's a shame. Those waffle frame switches are never any good. They spoil what is otherwise a decidedly elegant looking board. The case design is very flash, and the caps are stellar. User afan invented a solution for the broken stems last year: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20317

looks like the guts of a intellec mds keyboard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-Switch-S ... 3278016860

Also this little code snippet works, however 1 in ~10 keypresses don't register. I did a little bit of research and found out that digitalRead() is actually quite slow. Is it possible that the code can't keep up with the short little pulse that the switch puts out? That is certainly possible, note ...

I love this thread :ugeek: Now, slom, I know you are already aware of this fact cause I found you're TI Silent thread. Is there anything else I should know? :lol: :? :oops: Scan, pulse and hold switches are different variants of these SD switches. You have hold and pulse switches (Or, in wiki termin...

Thanks Tias

XMIT wrote: ↑

27 May 2019, 21:43

Slom wrote: ↑

26 May 2019, 22:17

pulse sensors do not have rollover issues

I have this cool idea how to fix the rollover issues for pulse sensors

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So learn from my mistakes, everyone! That never works :( https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11778 I just put the piece of plastic back with superglue ... Wait is it that "76/50" thing? Would this be the 50th week of 1976? I presume this keyboard is from the 80's but I'm also not very brigh...

matt3o wrote: ↑

16 May 2019, 11:24

Slom wrote: ↑

16 May 2019, 08:49

matt3o wrote: ↑

16 May 2019, 08:47

is anyone willing to help me with the best photo award?

I am

okay then how would you proceed?

By disappearing for a week or two
Sorry, I will back out for now.

https://i.imgur.com/JP1MKrJ.png When you press a standard alpha key on the board, one line will make a little blip to tell the computer that a key has been pressed. At the same time, 7 (maybe 8) of the other lines will go high or low. This is the character/command that is being sent to the computer...

Lanrefni wrote: ↑

26 May 2019, 21:56

Every time I see some one figure out how these old boards work the more I'm convinced the designers were competing to make the most complexly idiotic design just to screw with the competition.

I wonder what they will think of our Christmas tree keyboards in 40 years ...

Does NKRO even matter if the switches are not "held". You would need to press down more than one switch in exactly that one little moment of the pulse to have any conflicts. You will not get any key combinations on the alpha keys, nor repeat for holding keys, but rollover and ghosting should not be ...

matt3o wrote: ↑

16 May 2019, 08:47

is anyone willing to help me with the best photo award?

I am

All intl. kits are reserved for now.

I see the calendar thing passed completely unnoticed No it didn't. I am just slow to answer, which is why I started the thread so early ;) I think I had a similar thought at some point in the past, minus the actual calendar thing. Like having monthly competition and then during the DTA we vote for ...

skmn wrote: ↑

13 May 2019, 21:26

I could take one if there is a kit left.

I answered your PM

Are there any plans going on in the background for this years awards already?

If not, shall we start a discussion here and now (as opposed to two weeks notice like last year)?

I really want to see the best picture awards come back this year, would even consider organizing it myself.