Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
> There aren't enough wires on a USB connector to allow you to speak the PS/2 > protocol. How many wires are necessary to speak the PS/2 protocol? How many pins are there on a USB connector? In front of me right now I have a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB and PS/2 Compatible mouse, and a Ch

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 27, 2019, at 3:10 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk > wrote: > >>> Supplies of good non-USB PC keyboards are probably beginning to get harder >>> to find now too... >> >> True. It could use either kind of keyboard. Also, USB to mini-DIN adapters >> are still sold ($5 in the current L-Com

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Yes, but given that the control PCB worked properly by itself, and stopped working when attached to the key array, it doesn't seem to be a cable issue. paul > On Dec 27, 2019, at 7:43 PM, Paul Anderson wrote: > > Do you have a known good cable you can swap out? > > > On Fri, Dec 27,

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Do you have a known good cable you can swap out? On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:56 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > I'm doing some work with my Pro 380 over the holidays, but have run into a > snag because both my LK201 keyboards are dead. They fail power

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 02:38:33PM -0500, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > > On Dec 27, 2019, at 1:46 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > Paul Koning wrote: > >> ... > >> I'm considering building a PC keyboard LK201 emulation, should be a fairly > >> simple bit of Arduino code.

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
> > Supplies of good non-USB PC keyboards are probably beginning to get harder > > to find now too... > > True. It could use either kind of keyboard. Also, USB to mini-DIN adapters > are still sold ($5 in the current L-Com catalog). That seems like a cheaper > solution than a USB Host shield.

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 27, 2019, at 1:46 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk > wrote: > > Paul Koning wrote: >> ... >> I'm considering building a PC keyboard LK201 emulation, should be a fairly >> simple bit of Arduino code. > > Supplies of good non-USB PC keyboards are probably beginning to get harder > to fin

Re: Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Paul Koning wrote: > > Gentlepeople, > > I'm doing some work with my Pro 380 over the holidays, but have run into a > snag because both my LK201 keyboards are dead. They fail poweron self test > -- LEDs stay on and no response to any keypresses. > > The odd thing is that the circuit board itsel

Two dead LK201 keyboards

2019-12-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
Gentlepeople, I'm doing some work with my Pro 380 over the holidays, but have run into a snag because both my LK201 keyboards are dead. They fail poweron self test -- LEDs stay on and no response to any keypresses. The odd thing is that the circuit board itself seems ok; I had a spare board t

Re: First Internet message

2019-12-27 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
tor 2019-12-26 klockan 17:09 -0500 skrev Paul Koning via cctalk: > > On Dec 26, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > And, a Happy Humbug to you, too! > > Fleas Navy Dad and Yo new huevo!spellling? > > > > > > > I^@^Ym not familiar with U.S. law