Re: LK201 emulation

> On May 17, 2020, at 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > Gentlepeople, > > I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created an > adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look like an > LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specificall

Re: LK201 emulation

ight into the emulator and connect to a host > computer over the network. My first LK201 emulation was on a BeagleBone Black. That works fine with limitations. The Linux keyboard device driver imposes its own set of machinery between the actual keyboard and the program (even in "raw&q

Re: LK201 emulation

If anyone is interested in taking over my PS/2 mouse to DEC mouse adapter (tested working on VAXStation, should also work on VT340+, etc) https://bitbucket.org/tinyscsi/decmouse/raw/fc73c57dce5926ac1ab9f0958ba82cf1e8cbe88e/DECMouse.ino You could implement both keyboard and mouse on one controller

Re: LK201 emulation

Sophie Haskins wrote: > A long term dream of mine is to build some sort of general-purpose box > that can make connections to arbitrary vintage computer > keyboard/mouse/video ports, and connect in to modern HDMI & USB > peripherals to make it easier to just pull a machine off the shelf and > get g

Re: LK201 emulation

If anyone wants a PS/2 keyboard adapter that emulates an LK201, there's Peter Bosch's Arduino Nano based lk201emu: https://github.com/peterbjornx/lk201emu His writeup on this is still in the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20180703165508/https://peterbjornx.nl/vtkbd/ I can no longer

Re: LK201 emulation

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 6:34 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > There is a project that seems to be going along the same idea, > http://www.kbdbabel.org/ Interesting starting point, but I tried to browse the code and it flashed up instructions for how to use cvs or rsync to pull the code down

Re: LK201 emulation

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 6:47 PM sales--- via cctalk wrote: > On 2020-05-18 17:34, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > > There is a project that seems to be going along the same idea, > > http://www.kbdbabel.org/ > > > > Steve. > > Except that I can tell you from experience that not all 4p4c termina

Re: LK201 emulation

On 2020-05-18 17:34, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: Sophie said I would absolutely be interested in this - while I'd love to use original hardware where possible, it's not always easy to get peripherals at the same time as machines. A long term dream of mine is to build some sort of general-

Re: LK201 emulation

Sophie said > I would absolutely be interested in this - while I'd love to use original > hardware where possible, it's not always easy to get peripherals at the same > time as machines. A long term dream of mine is to build some sort of > general-purpose box that can make connections to arbitra

RE: LK201 emulation

Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: LK201 emulation On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 3:46 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:28 PM Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > What I was talking about is a way to use a PC USB keyboar

Re: LK201 emulation

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 3:46 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:28 PM Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > What I was talking about is a way to use a PC USB keyboard in place of > an LK201, when your last remaining real LK201 has just failed. Tha

Re: LK201 emulation

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:28 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > What I was talking about is a way to use a PC USB keyboard in place of an > LK201, when your last remaining real LK201 has just failed. That involves a > USB jack, a LK201-compatible handset jack, some electronics, and software to

Re: LK201 emulation

f Of Sophie > Haskins via cctalk > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:41 PM > To: Paul Koning; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: LK201 emulation > > I would absolutely be interested in this - while I'd love to use original > hardware where possible, it's

Re: LK201 emulation

Paul Koning wrote: >> On May 18, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> ... >> I also find myself with several flakey LK201s. >> >> To be honest, I wouldn't be interested in replacing them with PC keyboards. >> I'd prefer to get my LK201s back in action. >> >> If the issues

Re: LK201 emulation

> On May 18, 2020, at 5:20 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk > wrote: > > Do you guys want original LK201s, or other keyboards that LOOK like LK201s > in the caps and layout, or converters? > I am a little confused... LK201 clones do not have the clip offset on the > terminal connector, so yo

RE: LK201 emulation

is the same. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sophie Haskins via cctalk Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:41 PM To: Paul Koning; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: LK201 emulation I would absolutely be

Re: LK201 emulation

I would absolutely be interested in this - while I'd love to use original hardware where possible, it's not always easy to get peripherals at the same time as machines. A long term dream of mine is to build some sort of general-purpose box that can make connections to arbitrary vintage computer

Re: LK201 emulation

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 8:32 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > However, if it turns out that the issues are in the electronics part of > the > > keyboard and they are not easily repairable for one reason or another, I > may > > be interested in a drop in replacement for

Re: LK201 emulation

> On May 18, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > I also find myself with several flakey LK201s. > > To be honest, I wouldn't be interested in replacing them with PC keyboards. > I'd prefer to get my LK201s back in action. > > If the issues are in the keyswitches or

Re: LK201 emulation

Paul Koning wrote: > > Gentlepeople, > > I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created > an adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look > like an LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically, Adafruit Trinket M0, > an amazingly tiny yet powe

Re: LK201 emulation

Paul Koning wrote: > Question to the list: is this something that would be of interest to > others? If yes, I can make the design available. Perhaps the PCB > layout and parts list. Yes, I'm interested. I also have a broken LK201, and I have a Trinket lying around.

Re: LK201 emulation

Paul -- I'm very interested in this. I'd love a USB keyboard adapter that acts like an LK201. If anyone wants a PS/2 keyboard adapter that emulates an LK201, there's Peter Bosch's Arduino Nano based lk201emu: https://github.com/peterbjornx/lk201emu His writeup on this is still in the Wayback Ma

Re: LK201 emulation

On 2020-05-17 17:13, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Gentlepeople, I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created an adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look like an LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically, Adafruit Trinket M0, a

Re: LK201 emulation

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 3:13 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created > an adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look > like an LK201. It's based on an Arduin

Re: LK201 emulation

On Sun, 17 May 2020, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > Actually, would even like the other way around too, connecting a working > lk201 to a pc ... ( so the terminal emulation works nicer) Well, you just need a serial port adapter + power. See also:

Re: LK201 emulation

Hi Paul, I'm interested and would be happy to get a batch of boards done (at least 20 to get the per board price down). They'd be bare boards though so people would have to source their own parts and build them themselves. Thanks, Todd On 5/17/2020 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:

RE: LK201 emulation

Well there is never any harm in publishing this kind of work! > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Paul Koning via > cctalk > Sent: 17 May 2020 22:13 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: LK201 emulation > > Gentlepeople, > > I've been

Re: LK201 emulation

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 5:13 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created an > adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look like an > LK201 > > Question to the list: is this something that would be of inter

Re: LK201 emulation

On 2020-05-17 17:13, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created an > adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look like an > LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically, Adafruit Trinket

LK201 emulation

Gentlepeople, I've been having problems with broken LK201s, so as a workaround I created an adapter that connects to a standard PC USB keyboard and makes it look like an LK201. It's based on an Arduino (specifically, Adafruit Trinket M0, an amazingly tiny yet powerful small microprocessor). I