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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ricercar on Thu, 31 March 2011, 20:25:01

Title: Airlink (Dolch clone) with Cherry blues
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 31 March 2011, 20:25:01
Today I rewired a Dolch clone 'board branded "Airlink"; it was RJ11 and I made it PS/2, using an old model M cable. Digging on those double-shot keycaps over nearly new Cherry blues. Tinky-tinky. Only the A and S caps show any wear at all. The spacebar is not shiny.

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=16515&stc=1&d=1301620498)

Findecanor was correct with his pinout (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=196218&postcount=66).

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12162&stc=1&d=1281967348)

pin 1: GND,
pin 2: +5V
pin 3: data
pin 4: clock

The wire coloring was completely arbitrary, so I'll not detail it here except to say black was +5V which totally invalidated all my previous experimentation. The point is that an RJ11 connector Dolch-clone is a perfectly PS/2 compatible keyboard.

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=16516&stc=1&d=1301620515)
Title: Airlink (Dolch clone) with Cherry blues
Post by: wanabe on Thu, 31 March 2011, 21:33:45
glad you posted this.  how the heck do you open the case on these?
Title: Airlink (Dolch clone) with Cherry blues
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 02 April 2011, 04:53:10
It's not a clone, it's a rebrand. I've seen a few rebranded Dolches (Dolchen?) on the net.
Title: Airlink (Dolch clone) with Cherry blues
Post by: ethanh8791 on Sat, 02 April 2011, 11:29:22
Yah i have another one at work that is not Dolch but exact same keyboard. The screws are hidden underneath the rubber feet and also under one of the stickers.
Title: Airlink (Dolch clone) with Cherry blues
Post by: ricercar on Sat, 02 April 2011, 13:18:11
all screws are available from the underside. Don't pull up the top-facing logo plate looking for a screw... like I did.
Title: Airlink (Dolch clone) with Cherry blues
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 02 April 2011, 18:01:26
Be mindful also when you reassemble the board that the screws have two slightly different lengths. If you (like me), insert a long screw into a short hole, then you will get a permanent protrusion in front of the keys.