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Offline litster

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« on: Wed, 25 January 2012, 23:34:00 »
Got this a while back.  mainly double shot keycaps in unique black on white-ish color, and the color keys are pad-printed, but the best pad-printed keys you will ever find.  However I can't get the keyboard to work with my computers, as a "connector box" is required.  It is basically a keyboard used with a dedicated KVM box, mainly used for stock trading.






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Offline Quarzac

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 25 January 2012, 23:52:06 »
Pull a keycap!
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Risen from the dead for a model F.

Wyse buy colors were GSY for the dark grey, GBA for the light grey, and BBI for the fonts.

Offline litster

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 25 January 2012, 23:58:19 »
I did.  It is MX Clear.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 26 January 2012, 08:29:14 »
Pretty sure that big whatever its called metal connector in the center is the IN, and carries all the lines for ps/2, usb, audio... a matter of figuring out which pin is what and making a break out cable, or replace that big ugly mudsucking connector with usb in, ps/2 in, audio in.
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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 26 January 2012, 11:41:28 »
I hope 'corp del' deletes corporations.
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Offline Glukos

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 26 January 2012, 12:00:20 »
MUNI-MUNI-MUNI :music:
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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 26 January 2012, 12:13:01 »
Quote from: digitalleftovers;499635
I hope 'corp del' deletes corporations.

I'm in for a group buy if it does!
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Offline litster

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 26 January 2012, 12:26:19 »
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Pretty sure that big whatever its called metal connector in the center is the IN, and carries all the lines for ps/2, usb, audio... a matter of figuring out which pin is what and making a break out cable, or replace that big ugly mudsucking connector with usb in, ps/2 in, audio in.

It does come with a cable for that big wide plug.  And suggestion on how to find the 5 PS/2 pinouts?
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 26 January 2012, 12:32:48 »
Crack it open, and you should at least be able to find the primary connection to the keyboard controller by following traces. That should at least get a start. Figuring out which is which is the more annoying part, unless they were nice enough to label the trace.
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Offline litster

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 27 January 2012, 00:11:03 »
I opened up the case.  And it is actually more complicated than regular keyboards.  There are 2 PCBs.  One at the bottom with all the chips and connectors to communicate with the "connector box".  There are 2 8-pin headers on it (see highlight in pictures).  The keyboard PCB has 2 8-pin holes to connect with the 2 pin headers on the main PCB.  At first I thought, great!  Those must be the pins for the matrix.  But no.  It has over 130 keys.  8x8 is not enough.  Then I saw there are more tiny chips on the keyboard PCB.  I think the chips convert the matrix into a different protocol to the main board and then communicate to the connector box.  



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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 27 January 2012, 10:41:50 »
Wow, that's pretty wacky. I wasn't expecting it to be quite that complicated. In my opinion, it's either museum piece (until you can locate an interface module), or harvesting time.
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