NeXT Keyboards?

[Norman_the_Owl]

Were any of them mechanical?
I know apple keyboards from roughly the same time used alps switches, but what about ol Jobs' NeXT keyboards?

There was a non-adb version with no name for the connector, and an ADB version. Has anyone encountered one?

I could buy one for science i suppose.

[t13]

The first gen were, and were fantastic ALPS. Best sheer *typing* keyboard I've used. Gen 2 (ADB) were rubber dome.

I've got one first get (bought it from http://www.blackholeinc.com), and I'm still messing with an Adruino system to get it to work right. The wiring is right, but the programming needs some work (it won't properly do a CMD-TAB to switch programs, for instance). A basic primer on this (you'll need a DIN-5 connector) is found here: https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-next-keyboard-with-arduino-micro.

If anyone knows of an updated driver (within the past year or so) for this, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!

[hasu]

My Next keyboard(Non-ADB) also has black Alps switches.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41989.msg1480364;topicseen#msg1480364

I could convert it successfully with bcg's converter based on the adafruit work. I don't remember any apparent problem,
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/tree/master/converter/next_usb

[Norman_the_Owl]

My Next keyboard(Non-ADB) also has black Alps switches.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41989.msg1480364;topicseen#msg1480364

I could convert it successfully with bcg's converter based on the adafruit work. I don't remember any apparent problem,
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/tree/master/converter/next_usb

The first gen were, and were fantastic ALPS. Best sheer *typing* keyboard I've used. Gen 2 (ADB) were rubber dome.

I've got one first get (bought it from http://www.blackholeinc.com), and I'm still messing with an Adruino system to get it to work right. The wiring is right, but the programming needs some work (it won't properly do a CMD-TAB to switch programs, for instance). A basic primer on this (you'll need a DIN-5 connector) is found here: https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-next-keyboard-with-arduino-micro.

If anyone knows of an updated driver (within the past year or so) for this, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!

Alright, thanks guys.
I'd never heard of them before yesterday (I don't know how i hadn't) and there was very little info available.

[t13]

My Next keyboard(Non-ADB) also has black Alps switches.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41989.msg1480364;topicseen#msg1480364

I could convert it successfully with bcg's converter based on the adafruit work. I don't remember any apparent problem,
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/tree/master/converter/next_usb

Do you know of any guides for converting this so it can be compiled via the Arduino application? I had no problem with the Adafruit code; this is a few steps of complexity greater. Thanks!