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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: ctm on Thu, 03 September 2015, 17:37:33

Title: Reviving a Kinesis Classic
Post by: ctm on Thu, 03 September 2015, 17:37:33

I picked up a Kinesis Classic from office cleanup. When I plug it into a PS/2 port or use a PS/2 to USB adapter to plug it into a USB port, it does not register any keystrokes. However, it does not seem completely dead. When I plug it in and press caps lock, it beeps. Is there any chance to revive this keyboard?

Title: Re: Reviving a Kinesis Classic
Post by: vvp on Thu, 03 September 2015, 17:56:35

In the worst case, you can replace the controller:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56923.0

Edit: And here is another option:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62246.msg1452459#msg1452459