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Offline tomb

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Leading Edge DC 2014: DIN to USB?
« on: Tue, 22 August 2023, 07:09:13 »
Hey everybody -- I have my old Leading Edge DC 2014 keyboard in my possession after many years, and would very much like to begin using it again. It has the original cable and connector, a 5 pin 180 degree DIN.

It has been a several years since a lot of the posts here on this topic, and so I just thought I'd create a new post and ask for your help with getting up and running.

My ideal would be an XT-style DIN to USB adapter I can buy from ebay or something like that. I might have seen something there from orihalcon, but it was not clear to me I could rely on it 100% (something about a reset pin?).

Can you advise? What are my options?

Thank you
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Re: Leading Edge DC 2014: DIN to USB?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 22 August 2023, 10:06:56 »
I don't remember whether Orihalcon makes a special DC-2014 cable, but I can tell you that it is one of the few keyboards that needs a 5th connection, for "Reset" in addition to the customary 4 (Data+Clock+power+ground) and that the common style of adapter is not adequate.
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Re: Leading Edge DC 2014: DIN to USB?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 22 August 2023, 14:33:27 »
I believe this is the one.  But I don't own it so I can't comment on it's ability to work properly :)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/283536375388