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Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 01:22:48 »
I know they are regular rubber domes but I'm a big fan of how the HKT-7600 looks and was wondering if there are any teensy/promicro based solutions for getting one of these to talk to a PC?

I mean look at this thing
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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 01:24:42 »
i actually bought a dreamcast keyboard a while back to play typing of the dead on my dreamcast..   Buhhhhh can't find it no more.. stuffed it somewhere.


But I also have a converter which converts any ps2 keyboard to dreamcast.

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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 01:28:37 »
But I also have a converter which converts any ps2 keyboard to dreamcast.

I need the reverse of this, apparently the DC keyboards and controllers send out a ps2 signal, but I could be totally wrong.

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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 16:06:15 »
Found this.
http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/dreamcast_usb/index_en.php
I found that too, but his pcb cost about as much as an actual dreamcast keyboard. I was hoping there was something atmega 32u4 based because those boards are easy to find and cheap.

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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 17:03:30 »
l would port it if I were cheap.

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Or I think you can find FKB8769 on ebay or somewhere, which looks very similar if not identical.
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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 18:19:40 »
BTW, there is also a version of that keyboard for PC's with a trackpoint-like joystick above the arrow keys - more a disc than a stick but used the same way to control the mouse pointer.
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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 18:25:18 »
BTW, there is also a version of that keyboard for PC's with a trackpoint-like joystick above the arrow keys - more a disc than a stick but used the same way to control the mouse pointer.


Just ran into this yesterday but it is full keyboard not tenkeyless. The pointing device is intriguing.
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f213523511

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Re: Dreamcast Keyboard to USB?
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 01 May 2017, 23:42:13 »
l would port it if I were cheap.

EDIT:
Or I think you can find FKB8769 on ebay or somewhere, which looks very similar if not identical.

I'm guessing they are the same OEM, I cant find the fkb8769 on ebay though   :'(