IBM Model Ms, UK RJ45 connector - can these be made to work?

[urbancamo]

There's currently a listing for IBM Model Ms in the UK Model 1395764 with an RJ45 connector - anyone have any information about whether these can be made to work with a PC?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-Model-M-3 ... SS:GB:1120


Thanks, Mark

[urbancamo]

Forget that, I knew I should have googled the part number first!
Question already answered here of course! http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... t6407.html

[Muirium]

Yup. They're good and clean. I use mine quite a bit. Best £30 on a keyboard I've spent.

[Dgsbllx]

Yup. They're good and clean. I use mine quite a bit. Best £30 on a keyboard I've spent.

+1

I can also vouch for the goodness and cleanness of these keyboards. Typing this on it now

[iAmAhab]

Would love one of these, but the shipping is just to brutal.

[Muirium]

I could proxy for you. Mine was well wrapped and I reckon it would be easy to do. But shipping to Scandinavia is always expensive, isn't it?

[iAmAhab]

I could proxy for you. Mine was well wrapped and I reckon it would be easy to do. But shipping to Scandinavia is always expensive, isn't it?

Unfortunately it's always very expensive. I checked some postage rates using this site:
http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder
and it seems like the 50£ shipping quote the seller has is about as cheap as it gets.

Thank you for offering though.

[Peter]

Just the caps ...
Not to mention the Grey-label Logo/case !!
'JUMP' - 'Send Line' etc etc ..

Yes, they can be made to work -
-You simply take the cap-tops and substitute them with whatever is on your PS/2 Model M !

[Peter]

Also :
It's a 'English'-language keyboard -
Yet, it has 'AltGr' !!

[Muirium]

UK ISO has Alt Gr. It's hardly used for any symbols at all (most local nerd friends of mine have no idea why Alt Gr exists on their keyboards) but the € requires it, if memory serves. I prefer ANSI myself!

The keyboards this thread is about work quite nicely with Soarer's converter. Some of the keys require a good remapping, given the oddball terminal layout. Here's my code:

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remapblock
	caps_lock	lgui
	f13			esc
	europe_1	europe_2
	europe_2	backslash
	pad_plus	pad_enter		# Numberpad "Enter"
	esc			num_lock		# "Jump"
	num_lock	pad_equals		# Blank key right of Jump
	scroll_lock	pad_slash		# "Send Line"
	extra_sysrq	pad_asterix		# Blank / "SetUp" key right of Send Line
	pad_asterix	pad_minus		# "Local"
	pad_minus	pad_plus		# ","
	f23			printscreen		# "Print" 
	f24			scroll_lock		# "Print Line"
	lang_4		pause			# "Hold"
endblock

macroblock
 	# Soarer's Double Shift Caps Lock
	macro lshift rshift
	press caps_lock
	endmacro
	
	macro rshift lshift
	press caps_lock
	endmacro
endblock

That makes Caps Lock into a Windows / Command key, and uses a Shift+Shift macro to toggle caps lock, those rare times I ever actually want it.