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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Phaedrus2129 on Tue, 21 September 2010, 23:15:18
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So yeah, I saw a 122-key M on ebay for $40 shipped and I thought, "Wow, great deal! *click*". Then checked the model # and realized it's a terminal board.
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I'm asking the seller if he can cancel the transaction, but I doubt it. So yeah, I've got a terminal Model M on the way. Modding time? How many people have done the terminal-to-PS/2 conversion mod? Mine's a 1389162.
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I think Kishy knows alot about those. A few of the other guys do too.
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I have, but I never got it to work as well as Kevin (Kishy). I also have a Boscom, which is PC compatible 122 key and ultimately I found the experience to be unsatisfying due to the non-PC layout of the keys in the 'cursor movement' block to the right of the typing area.
YMMV, however...
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Will the many keys at least report in Windows? They could find some use. Gaming keyboard kinda.
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He's going to let it sit, no bad feelings or feedback. I actually had to educate him on AT v. XT v. Terminal protocols. He didn't know that AT was adaptable to PS/2, and that not all DIN-5 keyboards are the same protocol.
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Will the many keys at least report in Windows? They could find some use. Gaming keyboard kinda.
No. It was quite a disappointment.
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Sorry for the confusion, Kevin: I was talking about the Boscom 122-key PC-compatible. On that one, the 'extra' keys report as combinations of normal keypresses, rather than unique scancodes.