A couple questions...
1) Is it possible to get a drop in replacement controller for my Filco MJ2 TKL to make it programmable?
2) Will a Phantom plate work on a Filco?
3) Was there more than one Phantom plate designed and made?
4) I saw The_Beast mention in his WTS thread that his Phantom plate has ears. If the ears do not fit in a filco, can I just use a grinder and remove them?
5) If I am going to mod my Filco to change the plate so I can easily change switches without desoldering and potentially change the controller so I can make it programmable, is there anything else I need to know?
1) Yes, you'll need an HID Liberation Controller. Think you need to hunt the Classifieds for this one. bpiphany has other controllers for a QFR, Rosewill, and Full Size Filco which are for sale here.
2) Yes, MKULTRA is correct.
3) Yes, think we're up to Round 2 of the plates right now. I can't find the links though.
4) Seems like it should be fine, see the discussion here
5) Be careful . Seriously, I don't think there's any thing too crazy you need to know.
I really appreciate you all taking the time to answer my questions. Thank you for the links, they were very helpful.
I was also wondering what the difference was between the 'HID Liberation Device' and the 'Pegasus Hoof' and I found this in one of the threads you linked.
Pegasus Hoof different than HID Liberation Device?
32U2 instead of 32U4.
I think I was reading somewhere (probably the Epsilon thread) that the 32U4 was better. I think it has more memory or something? I think I read somewhere that some of the firmware only supports one of those. I think it was jdcarpe who mentioned it and it was probably regarding the TMK firmware. I will need to do some more research on this. Looking at one of the screenshots from the keymap tool that came out of the Epsilon project, it appears that his tool supports both, but I will have to confirm that.
Thanks for getting me going on that...
@Capt'n: I saw in one of your links that you were planning to attempt to mod your stock filco plate with a dremel to add the cutouts. Did you end up doing that, and if so, how did it work out? Anything worth noting?
Thanks for the help guys. Im off to do more research...