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Offline OldIsNew

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Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« on: Wed, 16 August 2017, 23:11:02 »
I've been curious about the Hi-Tek 725 "Space Invader" switches and was able to pick up a Televideo ASCII 935  board (at least I think that's the model based on the back of the PCB) with white linear space invaders on the cheap. I  mapped out the matrix and wired up the Teensy and am now actually able to use it.

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They're pretty nice linear switches.  While it's certainly not the most attractive board I've ever seen, I overall kind of like it!

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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 00:02:40 »
That is one HELL of a long spacebar.
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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 08:06:32 »
Does that have the RJ14 connection? Those have proven quite problematic in the past.
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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 08:41:25 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 17 August 2017, 08:06:32
Does that have the RJ14 connection? Those have proven quite problematic in the past.

I didn't think to post a pic of the connector before. It is a RJ type connector:

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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 08:50:13 »
I have been through several Televideos, the only one that I was able to get working was one where the pins were labeled on the controller and I could clearly see data, clock, power, ground, etc. The rest have proven to use wildly different protocol.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 09:03:00 »
Ahh the Medium Ass Enter.  When you cant decide if BAE or ANSI.
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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 09:25:13 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 17 August 2017, 08:50:13
I have been through several Televideos, the only one that I was able to get working was one where the pins were labeled on the controller and I could clearly see data, clock, power, ground, etc. The rest have proven to use wildly different protocol.




I wasn't able to find out much about the board's protocol. I just went ahead and bypassed the whole issue by mapping out the matrix with a multimeter, desoldering the IC's and wiring the the appropriate matrix row/column IC pads to the Teensy. Maybe that approach is kind of "cheating" in a way but I wanted to use the board and hey it worked.
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Re: Televideo Space Invader Board, Teensy
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 17 August 2017, 10:17:19 »
Quote from: OldIsNew on Thu, 17 August 2017, 09:25:13
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 17 August 2017, 08:50:13
I have been through several Televideos, the only one that I was able to get working was one where the pins were labeled on the controller and I could clearly see data, clock, power, ground, etc. The rest have proven to use wildly different protocol.




I wasn't able to find out much about the board's protocol. I just went ahead and bypassed the whole issue by mapping out the matrix with a multimeter, desoldering the IC's and wiring the the appropriate matrix row/column IC pads to the Teensy. Maybe that approach is kind of "cheating" in a way but I wanted to use the board and hey it worked.

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