Hello,
I recently acquired a PC-AT clone and a Zenith Z-150 that I immediately fell in love with. I didn't realize that the Z-150 is the black-label XT variant, and have spent the last day or so researching ways to use an XT keyboard on an AT/PS2 machine. My best lead thus far is @engicoder's ATTiny-based adapter (viewtopic.php?t=11474). I have a Pro Micro that should be compatible, but after setting it up on a breadboard I haven't gotten any results. The board has power, but the computer isn't detecting it at all.
Has anyone built this converter with a Pro Micro, and are there any tricks I should know about?
Also, I see from this thread (viewtopic.php?p=474849) that the Z-150 XT has some odd peculiarities. Could this board in particular be incompatible?
XT Keyboard on AT
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Nice find, that first thread. I’d obviously forgotten all about it.
But you’re also right in your second result: the Zenith is a strange variant of XT which may not work well with that IBM specific hardware, even if you can source one.
But you’re also right in your second result: the Zenith is a strange variant of XT which may not work well with that IBM specific hardware, even if you can source one.