On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 8:33 PM Adam Thornton via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard. > > I have some questions: > > 1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone > have a VT-320 keyboard they’d be willing to let go cheaply? > Isn't it just a lk401? I bought one recently for $55. 2) …or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who’d done an > Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an > AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead, > though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project? > Unless you are doing this in bulk, I suspect it would be more expensive... there have been lk201 hack a day stuff, though. Iirc, all the software is available, but when I went looking, the board layout stuff wasn't. 3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you’d sell cheap, I’d be happy > to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that’s not really a question. > There’s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is; was that a > “feature” of the B2 model? (that’s a question but not much of one) > MMJ is a pita. But getting a normal RJ45 and removing the clip will let you plug it in and get it working. Warner …aaaaand while I’m here, another question. > > 4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some > keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little > plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would > be most helpful. > > Adam
