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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: caiko on Thu, 16 May 2019, 08:42:10

Title: IBM Model M - Keyless
Post by: caiko on Thu, 16 May 2019, 08:42:10

Hi all,

Wondering if / how it would be possible to trigger keystrokes off of a IBM Model M without using the keys i.e. just the membrane connected to the logic board?

This does not seem to work just trying to finger the membrane!  :blank:

Greets
Caiko

Title: Re: IBM Model M - Keyless
Post by: Techno Trousers on Fri, 17 May 2019, 06:38:39

If you look at the underside of the flipper, you'll see that there is a small nub. That nub tapping into the membrane in a certain spot is what triggers the keystroke. Maybe you could simulate it with a blunt pointed object of some kind.