AMPEX 220 Converter

TheInverseKey · 13 Nov 2018, 18:27

Hi,

I just got an AMPEX 220 keyboard and it's a clone of the DEC LK 201. Therefore, I was wondering if there is a converter that is able to convert it to usb via a teensy.

Keyboard

Spoiler:

Thanks

Engicoder · 14 Nov 2018, 04:58

What does the back label say? I have a very similar board (without the awesome caps) that sends ANSI key values via asynch serial.

hasu · 14 Nov 2018, 08:05

Good old trusty kbdbabel.org has one. It translates it to PS/2 not USB and controller is 8051 though.
https://github.com/tmk/kbdbabel/tree/ma ... bel-lk-ps2
(its sourceforge repo has been unuseful now so I mirrored it in github.)

The keyboard is well docmented here if you are willing to work on this yourself.
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/Hardware/Mac ... lk201.html

TheInverseKey · 15 Nov 2018, 00:04

Engicoder wrote: What does the back label say? I have a very similar board (without the awesome caps) that sends ANSI key values via asynch serial.

I will get a picture of it later.

hasu wrote: Good old trusty kbdbabel.org has one. It translates it to PS/2 not USB and controller is 8051 though.
https://github.com/tmk/kbdbabel/tree/ma ... bel-lk-ps2
(its sourceforge repo has been unuseful now so I mirrored it in github.)

The keyboard is well docmented here if you are willing to work on this yourself.
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/Hardware/Mac ... lk201.html

Thanks for the information, hopefully I can bring this board back.