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0Soarer: This is my Teensy-based project which adapts XT, AT and some 122 key terminal keyboar ...22 Apr 2012
1Maarten: Oh nice work! Now all i need is a teensy :lol:23 Apr 2012
2Kurrk: This is a good opportunity to say thank you! I'm using a XT model F with your convert ...23 Apr 2012
3bhtooefr: Congrats on getting 1.0 out, and thank you. This adapter is powering my favorite keyb ...23 Apr 2012
4Soarer: Thanks people, you're welcome! I hope there aren't too many bugs discovered, so I can ...23 Apr 2012
5litster: Excellent converter! It is not just for IBM keyboards. It can make all your Filco key ...23 Apr 2012
6RC-1140: Yup, have to agree, this converter firmware is by far the best. I'm using a teensy at ...23 Apr 2012
7Soarer: I probably will - I'm a forum whore, I'll open my mouth wherever there are good posti ...23 Apr 2012
8fruktstund: This is a fantastic converter. Used it for an old BTC (I think it was BTC at least) k ...23 Apr 2012
9Soarer: It could just be a wiring error when you rebuilt it... is it rebuilt with the same co ...23 Apr 2012
10fruktstund: Yeah, it seems the most likely that it's a wiring error, even though that would mean ...23 Apr 2012
11Soarer: It's pretty unusual to actually kill anything (but it has been known). Although, it's ...23 Apr 2012
12Grond: Is there any way to build such a converter without soldering?24 Apr 2012
13bhtooefr: Yes, although it'll take having a Teensy with pins, and then having the right jumper ...24 Apr 2012
14Grond: I'd like to make this converter for Model M terminal. Suppose I get a female RJ conne ...24 Apr 2012
15bhtooefr: You'd probably need to solder the RJ connector. However, 122-key terminal Ms (if it's ...24 Apr 2012
16Grond: Yes it does! So what? Can I get a wire that goes from the six pin connector to the Te ...24 Apr 2012
17bhtooefr: You would need female jumper wires to go from the pins on the controller to the pins ...24 Apr 2012
18Grond: Like these?24 Apr 2012
19bhtooefr: That would work, yes.24 Apr 2012
20Grond: Thanks! :D24 Apr 2012
21fruktstund: I've checked the wiring now and I'm confident it's correctly done! I also tried it ou ...26 Apr 2012
22Soarer: Hmm, I get about 0.6MΩ measured on the Teensy, with no keyboard or USB attached. I'm ...27 Apr 2012
23fruktstund: I seem to get approximately the same measurements as you Soarer, so this is beginning ...28 Apr 2012
24Soarer: Well, it doesn't mean the Teensy isn't damaged, but it seems to be basically OK. What ...28 Apr 2012
25Soarer: fruktstund - did you spot anything?05 May 2012
26nfc: Finally had the opportunity to test it... a masterpiece. Info research, write phase, ...08 May 2012
27dirge: What are the chances of the wyse boards working? Before I start messing on with mine.09 May 2012
28Soarer: :oops: Thanks! I'm happy enough if it's 'useful' :D Pretty slim, I'm afraid. I don' ...09 May 2012
29dirge: You're much better at this type of thing so would you offer some advice on how I coul ...09 May 2012
30off: As the uninitiated, soarer's converter sounds like a protocol converter, so you'd hav ...09 May 2012
31Soarer: I'm going to assume for now that its signalling is something like the two shown on kb ...09 May 2012
32dirge: Thanks mate, that helps a lot. Working on the key matrix, following sixty's instructi ...09 May 2012
33fruktstund: hid_listen only prints out a lot of "R05", with an occasional "R04" every now and the ...14 May 2012
34Soarer: Sorry, I meant when it's first connected... have hid_listen running before you plug i ...14 May 2012
35hoggy: Just built one of these. :P Soarer, you are a genius. I'll take some pics when I've ...14 May 2012
36hoggy: It's a lousy photo...15 May 2012
37fruktstund: Ah, I see. I'll check as soon as I can!15 May 2012
38Soarer: Nice project box! :P15 May 2012
39off: Indeed! Not the smallest, but looks to be the most functionally complete :)15 May 2012
40hoggy: What I wanted to make was a small lego box, with 3 leds and one of these stickers (to ...16 May 2012
41hoggy: The converter works better with my siig minitouch than a blue cube.:grin:16 May 2012
42Soarer: That's a fine idea to use one of those stickers! I don't think I ever looked into why ...17 May 2012
43Soarer: New version uploaded which fixes a bug that stopped jump to bootloader functions work ...31 May 2012
44Soarer: Another new version posted, v1.02 - the converter wasn't handling the commands tellin ...10 Jun 2012
45Findecanor: Does the current code base have support for driving LEDs for Caps Lock, Scroll Lock a ...06 Jul 2012
46Soarer: It does :D06 Jul 2012
47JBert: I have made CapsLock an FN1 key, but now I was wondering if I could make some key on ...07 Jul 2012
48Soarer: Not without remapping one of the shifts in the Fn layer to something which would just ...07 Jul 2012
49JBert: Ah, that's a handy chart. I've been experimentally building some other macros to coun ...07 Jul 2012
50Soarer: I use the double-shift myself, in the base layer, and find it feels quite logical. Bu ...07 Jul 2012
51Paranoid: Has anyone ever tested if you can hook up an old laptop keyboard to your computer wit ...16 Jul 2012
52Findecanor: If a keyboard has a ribbon cable, then you can bet that the controller is not part of ...16 Jul 2012
53JBert: I happen to have another (weird) question: will there ever be support for a few extra ...16 Jul 2012
54JBert: No answer? I actually noticed another thing: it seems that the DELETE remap code crea ...21 Jul 2012
55Soarer: Sorry! I saw your post before, but then forgot about it :oops: I don't think I'll ad ...21 Jul 2012
56Soarer: Ahem :oops: Ignore that :roll: Autohotkey was blocking my deletes :lol:21 Jul 2012
57JBert: Woah, today it somehow works?!? I also noticed that the output above is not for TAB b ...22 Jul 2012
58Soarer: Don't worry, I didn't spend too long on it. I added some debug printing to the macro ...22 Jul 2012
59Paranoid: Hey Soarer! I recently acquired a liberty keyboard and it has this connecter: The wei ...22 Jul 2012
60Soarer: WTF is that thing!!! At a guess, there is... CGND - case/shielding ground S.P. - dunn ...22 Jul 2012
61Paranoid: Hehe okidoki :D thanks for figuring it out! I wonder if there is any way that could m ...24 Jul 2012
62Soarer: If you have a serial port, you could try wiring it to that (and a power supply for th ...24 Jul 2012
63Trent: Question: I have an IBM board with the RJ-45 converter. To hook this up to the conver ...01 Aug 2012
64AltRN8: Hoping folks can help. What is the expected behavior of using a SC with a Model F and ...01 Aug 2012
65Soarer: Nope... just something like this: Unfortunately they don't fit in a breadboard though ...01 Aug 2012
66Soarer: Yup, without legacy.sc compiled and loaded, * is just *. The two commands you need ar ...01 Aug 2012
67spolia_optima: Is anyone here willing to build one of these for profit? Or is building one myself no ...02 Aug 2012
68Trent: Soarer thanks for the advice. I took a look at the link you suggested and bought the ...02 Aug 2012
69JBert: Here's a step by step guide: You should now have a working converter. See Soarer's po ...02 Aug 2012
70AltRN8: Thanks Soarer! I actually figured it out right after I posted. I feel a little dense ...02 Aug 2012
71Soarer: Sure does! It handles all of the codes produced by the 'extra' positions available on ...02 Aug 2012
72Trent: Awesome thanks very much. I ordered all of the parts for my converter! The only parts ...03 Aug 2012
73JBert: I think you misunderstood that forum post. This also means that you will only supply ...03 Aug 2012
74Trent: Ah I was wondering whether or not the keyboard would still be able to be powered with ...03 Aug 2012
75Soarer: Actually, I think the forum post is mistaken; a Teensy running at 5V should work fine ...03 Aug 2012
76Trent: Yeah it was that post. Ah a serial connection that makes sense. And does this convert ...03 Aug 2012
77Soarer: Hey, that's a trick question! No fair! It's both, and neither! Typically the PS/2 por ...04 Aug 2012
78Trent: Ah clever. Well cool I look forward to making the converter! I am still waiting on pa ...06 Aug 2012
79RC-1140: hm, reading this stuff makes me overthink the project I had planned (maybe you rememb ...06 Aug 2012
80Soarer: I think I said before that it sounded 'challenging'. Now it's sounding challenging ...07 Aug 2012
81Trent: Ok so what am I doing wrong: * Programmed the teensy with 1.02 * using a terminal sty ...09 Aug 2012
82Icarium: I've tried a RJ-45 jack once for a 122key Model M and there was something else in the ...09 Aug 2012
83JBert: That's a known bug: Simply unplug the Teensy from USB and it should work again.09 Aug 2012
84Trent: Icarium I will try what you suggested. Jbert I noticed that does indeed help. I can't ...09 Aug 2012
85Soarer: I haven't had that problem with scinfo, only with scrd. After running scboot you woul ...09 Aug 2012
86Trent: So the order would be: 1. Flash teensy 2. scas example.sc example.scb 2. scwr example ...09 Aug 2012
87Soarer: Ouch, that's as I feared... backwards :( The silver line is the shielding, which is P ...09 Aug 2012
88Trent: Edit: after re-do of backward ass colors, I load up the teensy, reflash with Soarer_a ...09 Aug 2012
89Soarer: Strange choice of colours, for sure. Hardly matters though. That they used pinouts th ...09 Aug 2012
90Trent: Do you know what the colors would be for the silver tag XT/AT style adapters? I have ...10 Aug 2012
91Soarer: I think they vary... at least, the PC/XT colours are different to the 122-key's. Let ...10 Aug 2012
92JBert: Noooooo! 1. Press button on Teensy 2. Flash Teensy 3. scas ... 4. scwr 5. Unplug / pl ...10 Aug 2012
93Trent: Hmm, seems that this board is indeed dead after following your instructions jBert. I' ...11 Aug 2012
94AKIMbO: I need some serious help with programming this teensy. If someone could give me the e ...31 Aug 2012
95Soarer: Nothing but a couple of misunderstandings here :D First, you don't want to be in pro ...31 Aug 2012
96AKIMbO: It worked! Thank you so much Soarer! Is there an easy way to completely go back to de ...31 Aug 2012
97Soarer: Sure, just compile an empty text file! Or, in a Windows command prompt, you can simpl ...31 Aug 2012
98Soarer: I see some people have noticed the v1.03 release... it's far from an essential update ...07 Sep 2012
99fruktstund: Soarer, I'm back with a new exciting question: is it possible to use other pins on th ...23 Sep 2012
100Soarer: Hmm, well I don't really want to start producing and testing a modified version, but ...23 Sep 2012
101fruktstund: Tried your shorting test, and both output the error codes as expected (except that on ...23 Sep 2012
102dirge: Got mine working but trying to make a USB cable out the original cable. Looking towar ...23 Sep 2012
103Soarer: So they are both XTs, but they have LEDs? Sorry, for some reason I thought you were t ...23 Sep 2012
104Soarer: On your head be it! Have a camera handy for when the magic smoke gets out :evilgeek:23 Sep 2012
105dirge: well typing on it now so no great damage ;) But would love to know the correct usb pi ...23 Sep 2012
106Soarer: My files are symbol agnostic, as are scan codes and HID codes ;) Any discrepancy betw ...23 Sep 2012
107Grond: Anyone tested this with Teensy 3.0?25 Sep 2012
108JBert: It's a totally different processor and thus the .hex file will not work.25 Sep 2012
109dirge: Well that would explain it, who's idea was it to have the end inverted on the mini so ...25 Sep 2012
110dirge: right I`ve used the included tools and compiled the dvorak bin. I like the fact £ is ...25 Sep 2012
111Soarer: Damn UK vs US layout problem! 'Backslash' is a # on a UK layout... think of the diffe ...25 Sep 2012
112dirge: Changing to US would be bad, I`m logged into UK servers most the time. "`¬" is an op ...25 Sep 2012
113Soarer: That's because GRAVE and HASH aren't keys :lol: All the key names are US-centric, so ...25 Sep 2012
114dirge: Your awesome! I'm going to post some pics now! :)25 Sep 2012
115Mikester: hi guys, i just modified my IBM 3487 terminal keyboard with a teensy-board with soare ...02 Oct 2012
116Soarer: Very nice! That USB extension fits tidily between the existing posts, I see! Strictly ...03 Oct 2012
117Soarer: Anyone that thinks they might've applied power in reverse - see here for a test and f ...03 Oct 2012
118sealclubber: Hey Soarer. Just wanted to thank you for your awesome work. I finally got my baby to ...04 Oct 2012
119Soarer: Ha! You don't! There's an initial translation from each scan code set into HID codes, ...04 Oct 2012
120sealclubber: I am honestly surprised that this is so easy! Thank you for all of your help :D04 Oct 2012
121Soarer: Cool! :D I made a little mistake in the last three macros - well, not really a mistak ...04 Oct 2012
122Soarer: Heh, another minor mistake... the code prefixed by 'd' is remapping. The one you wa ...05 Oct 2012
123sealclubber: Gotcha. Just popped in again to tell you everything is working all nice and smooth. T ...05 Oct 2012
124Soarer: Aha, well, that's even better! ... I finally finished my set of adapters... ... by fi ...05 Oct 2012
125wcass: feature request: i know that all of the guys that like trackpoints would like to see ...26 Oct 2012
126Soarer: Hmm. I might add mousekeys functions at some point (similar to hasu's code), but I'm ...26 Oct 2012
127wcass: a trackpoint mod would have bare leads rather than a proper PS2 plug. yes, i could cr ...26 Oct 2012
128Soarer: Are you sure? I'd only spotted the Mouse Keys ("You can emulates mouse move and butto ...26 Oct 2012
129wcass: - Features section, 5th bullet item. if you have a copy of his code, look for ps2_mo ...26 Oct 2012
130Soarer: Ah, so it does :oops:27 Oct 2012
131hasu: I'm a fan of trackpoint, sure :) But it is very difficult to integrate it into my fav ...27 Oct 2012
132Icarium: Actually there is another good reason for putting PS/2 through the Teensy but I haven ...27 Oct 2012
133Soarer: I might pencil it in for v2.0 :P It sounds like quite a lot of work to do it nicely ...27 Oct 2012
134suka: I have used exactly such a setup in my custom board for the last couple of months, an ...29 Oct 2012
135Soarer: Heh, I'm not saying it would be , just that it would take :D And I don't even have ...29 Oct 2012
136fossala: I've got a teensy coming for a 122 key terminal M. What would be the best way to conn ...29 Oct 2012
137wcass: I installed a teensy inside the case of my keyboard. i'll post pictures of how i did ...29 Oct 2012
138wcass: This is what i did and it has worked very well for me. You will need a 6' USB A-to-mi ...30 Oct 2012
139fossala: Looks good, lots of good info. I'll take mine apart and look at it later. I can see f ...30 Oct 2012
140Soarer: That's excellent, wcass! I'll just add my usual caveat about not trusting the wire co ...30 Oct 2012
141fossala: OK, the teensy turned up yesterday. I've stripped the wires ready for doing the solde ...08 Nov 2012
142JBert: It should work fine without a config loaded. Only when you got some ancient keyboard ...08 Nov 2012
143Soarer: Indeed; config files are just tweaks to the default mappings (one for each scan code ...08 Nov 2012
144Vierax: Hello, just a noob in C (in Python too but work in progress for both…) so I might m ...10 Nov 2012
145fossala: All up and running, typing this with it now. Thanks for your hard work. Sure there wi ...10 Nov 2012
146Soarer: It still sends keycodes, so yes, the sensible layouts to do in hardware are those whi ...10 Nov 2012
147Vierax: Oh yeah macros, that's clever ! You just need a referential layout who can handle the ...11 Nov 2012
148Soarer: Hmm, true, and being OS specific would make it a bit pointless really, unless you wer ...11 Nov 2012
149Vierax: Yes the simplest way seems to have hard dvorak and colemak and combining the hard qwe ...12 Nov 2012
150JBert: Except it doesn't work with UAC or the login screen... It's fun to type in Colemak in ...21 Nov 2012
151Hubbert: I have the exact same question: did you come up with a fix, JBert? Otherwise, I guess ...24 Nov 2012
152JBert: No, I just left the project for what it was after Soarer said he didn't want to add s ...24 Nov 2012
153Hubbert: OK...sounds like maybe that's the way to go. I made a new thread about how to interfa ...24 Nov 2012
154fossala: How can I get the lefthand keys working on a 122 model m with this firmware?27 Nov 2012
155Icarium: Which one? With Soarer's it should work out of the box. Wait, what do you mean by lef ...27 Nov 2012
1567bit: The function keys to the left of the keyboard.27 Nov 2012
157fossala: IBM model m terminal. By left hand keys I mean the 10 key caps to the far left.27 Nov 2012
158Icarium: Ah, well those you actually have to add to the config afair. I can send you mine as a ...27 Nov 2012
159fossala: I will have to read up how to make configs, thanks.27 Nov 2012
160Icarium: Soarer's docs are insanely good. I would like to reward him with a virtual cookie or ...27 Nov 2012
161bhtooefr: I need to find how I mapped mine, but it involved mapping volume, the PrtSc/ScrLk/Pau ...28 Nov 2012
162Soarer: PLEASE VOTE for my converter in the Deskthority Awards 2012: Best input device mod 20 ...07 Dec 2012
163sealclubber: Hello again Soarer! Just nabbed myself a Model F off ebay (for cheap... great conditi ...10 Dec 2012
164Soarer: I can't remember it 100%. Which Model F? I think in most cases the controller grounds ...10 Dec 2012
165bhtooefr: You might get the ground path of: Base pan -> keyboard frame -> controller -> Teensy ...10 Dec 2012
166sealclubber: Nevermind its all good. Typing on it at the moment actually. Some of the keys needed ...11 Dec 2012
167Soarer: Is there still desire for the extra few keys? I've got v1.1 almost ready, and could p ...13 Dec 2012
168JBert: I think I'm personally not going to use it anymore now that there are alternative Pok ...13 Dec 2012
169Hubbert: That would still be great for me! And I like the no-matrix idea, both for simplicity ...18 Dec 2012
170Soarer: For now I've coded it to read 5 inputs at 1kHz with a simple 10ms batch debounce. Tha ...18 Dec 2012
171Soarer: is now available in the OP! Nothing essential for most people, but it does have a lo ...20 Dec 2012
172geekabit: This looks like a great converter project. I was just wondering, is the source also a ...27 Dec 2012
173Soarer: It's the best! :oops: Sorry, no source. It probably will become open eventually, but ...27 Dec 2012
174geekabit: Thanks for the quick response. I was only wondering how the usb nkro was handled in t ...27 Dec 2012
175Soarer: Ah, that's done using a bitmap, with a bit for each key. For an almost identical setu ...27 Dec 2012
176geekabit: Thanks for the link. Isn't the usb keyboard spec limited to 6kro? I believe that is t ...27 Dec 2012
177Soarer: The main limit isn't in the HID keyboard spec (it's very flexible), rather that low-s ...27 Dec 2012
178Soarer: I've been thinking a bit more about adding a second PS/2 input. There are... multiple ...29 Dec 2012
179poeticEnnui: Hey Soarer, Just installed a Teensy 2 on my Model F PC/AT with great success! Now I'm ...01 Feb 2013
180Soarer: The way to find out what code you'll need to remap is to use hid_listen (see the Trou ...01 Feb 2013
181Hubbert: (thanks for the reply on GH about instantaneous KVM switch idea) In my quest for an " ...04 Feb 2013
182Soarer: Not sure what you mean... QuickFire TK is a USB-only keyboard, so this converter can' ...04 Feb 2013
183Hubbert: I was intending to put it through a USB->PS/2 converter first. My other USB keyboards ...05 Feb 2013
184Soarer: You're welcome! There's nothing technical that prevents someone making a keyboard tha ...05 Feb 2013
185Hubbert: Strangely, Sean Wrona admits to not being able to afford premium keyboards, and that ...05 Feb 2013
186Lost4468: Can I do this with an IBM Model M 1394308 made in 1989? Will all the buttons be repro ...16 Feb 2013
187Soarer: Yes, yes, and either a Teensy++ 2.0 or the cheaper Teensy 2.0. You'll almost certainl ...16 Feb 2013
188Lost4468: Thanks, too what degree are the keys reprogrammable? Could I for instance map one to ...16 Feb 2013
189Soarer: You sure could, with a macro. Here I've put it on F24, but it could be any key with a ...16 Feb 2013
190Lost4468: Alright, thanks for the help. Think I'll have to go with a different board, doesn't s ...16 Feb 2013
191Soarer: Nobody sells them here either, so I get mine direct from PJRC - even with the postage ...16 Feb 2013
192Lost4468: The UK, PJRC wanted $72 for UPS postage or cheaper air mail at 1-3 weeks for only $10.17 Feb 2013
193Kurrk: Check out this Dutch shop:17 Feb 2013
194Soarer: Ouch - it used to only be $7 for the airmail. It's marked cheap enough to skip past c ...17 Feb 2013
195bester42: Thanks for this great project. I think, I need more than one, considering the usefull ...23 Feb 2013
196Soarer: Welcome! And hey, that's a pretty good first post for a bad guy! Defining Neo in the ...23 Feb 2013
197bester42: Testing it, as it seems the Numlockstate is irrelevant. But many characters are not a ...24 Feb 2013
198Soarer: Oh crap, that's frustrating :( So in general it's only possible to use that for OEM c ...24 Feb 2013
199bester42: Full acknowledge. But to be realistic, I mostly have to write normal text in office, ...24 Feb 2013
200Soarer: OK, so with a few limitations, it sounds like it should work well enough :) How about ...24 Feb 2013
201bester42: Yes, Neo uses Deadkeys, more intensive than a normal german Layout (wich has ´` ^), ...24 Feb 2013
202Soarer: Ah good, no panic for that feature then :) (I'd like to do it, but not rush it).25 Feb 2013
203bester42: As I read on "First create a registry key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER of type REG_ ...25 Feb 2013
204bester42: This week I got my teensy and the Terminal keyboard. Programming neo2 seem not to be ...03 Mar 2013
205Soarer: Yes, that's the limitation at that stage. I think 4k should be enough - there are som ...03 Mar 2013
206Soarer: Just spotted another case for simplification... replace: with: You might want to also ...03 Mar 2013
207bester42: Many thanks for the informations. I will make a rework in two weeks as I have not man ...03 Mar 2013
208Soarer: You're welcome - I realize that my documentation of the config commands is rather min ...04 Mar 2013
209bester42: To make it in Excel seems to be a good idea, because I have used VBA in some projects ...04 Mar 2013
210Soarer: If the dead key is supported by the OS layout, wouldn't the existing remapping and la ...12 Mar 2013
211bester42: Only ´`^ are supported by German OS-layout, so everything else requires a macro, sim ...12 Mar 2013
212Soarer: Sure... I'm just thinking about how these things could work, it might be quite some t ...13 Mar 2013
213PeaInApod: Hi everyone, New to the forums. I found an old IBM Model M collecting dust at my offi ...18 Mar 2013
214Soarer: Pinout looks fine, it matches one I just checked. I think the same (internal) connect ...18 Mar 2013
215PeaInApod: Teensy with Pins = Perfect! I had been looking on adafruit.com and had not even doubl ...18 Mar 2013
216tinctus: First I want to thank Soarer for his efforts on his wonderful keyboard converter :D . ...27 Mar 2013
217Soarer: It could be the long cable, or perhaps there's something different about the IO circu ...27 Mar 2013
218PeaInApod: Does anyone have any pointers on proper bolt-modding technique? I've seen posts were ...28 Mar 2013
219tinctus: Thanks for the Reply Soarer :) I tried connecting up pull-up resistors as described i ...28 Mar 2013
220Soarer: 220 ohm is right on the limit of what might damage the '32U4 on the Arduino from too ...28 Mar 2013
221tinctus: Flashing this new test firmware yields a response when I connect the keyboard up, I'v ...29 Mar 2013
222Soarer: Are you sure the errors are exactly the same? Instead of error W105 it should now be ...29 Mar 2013
223tinctus: You're right, the error code IS different than earlier, I just missed it. I apologize ...29 Mar 2013
224Soarer: Wow, that thing is slow to respond! Quite often it's failing to even start to respond ...29 Mar 2013
225tinctus: This latest test works great! no more freezing now matter how many time I mash any co ...30 Mar 2013
226Soarer: Cool! Well the odd thing is that it's more recent than the XT and original AT, which ...30 Mar 2013
227Soarer: I can't see how this could possibly go wrong :lol: but here's a test where the LEDs a ...05 Apr 2013
228tinctus: Test 3 works flawlessly as far as I can tell via mashing the lock keys as fast as I c ...06 Apr 2013
229Soarer: Great :D I just added a v1.11 update to the first post, with those RT changes and a c ...06 Apr 2013
230PeaInApod: Wondering if someone can help me with key mappings. I read the documentation but it d ...29 Apr 2013
231Soarer: A good start for a 122-key config is Halvar.sc in the configs folder. Also, for findi ...29 Apr 2013
232PeaInApod: Thanks for the tip! I loaded up the default Halvar.sc config and it got me pretty clo ...02 May 2013
233fschulze: Would this also work with an Arduino UNO? I'm not sure which pins I would have to use ...12 May 2013
234JBert: I don't think so... Those Atmel controllers are not in the official support list: Th ...12 May 2013
235Soarer: It won't, sorry. It's written only for the bigger AVR chips with USB support (like th ...12 May 2013
236Soarer: v1.12 added to the first post, which should make Delete repeat correctly again on v3. ...14 Jun 2013
237Muirium: I'm eagerly waiting on the mail for my Teensy, because this keyboard needs Soarer's c ...30 Jun 2013
238JBert: Ooh, the one and only PC keyboard. Typing on the very same at this moment. A converte ...30 Jun 2013
239bester42: As my main keyboard is an terminal with RJ45, I connected a female RJ45 to the teensy ...30 Jun 2013
240Soarer: Sure, can have multiple connectors, and just use one at a time. The PC/XT is the same ...30 Jun 2013
241Muirium: Thanks gentlemen, that's exactly what I wanted to hear! I am indeed considering a lar ...01 Jul 2013
242Muirium: Sweet keyboard you got there! I'm pleased to join the club. Just got my Teensies in t ...02 Jul 2013
243Muirium: There we go: it works! First time, too. Big thanks Soarer! Now I've got to customise ...02 Jul 2013
244Muirium: Sweet Bejesus! That's some NKRO over USB you've got there Soarer! Seeing as this monu ...02 Jul 2013
245JBert: I use the right Alt as an Fn key and never looked back (well, except the fact that I ...02 Jul 2013
246Muirium: Great stuff JBert. I intend to use * (just right of right shift and straight under re ...02 Jul 2013
247JBert: Hmmm, for some reason my XT has two Alt keycaps. Maybe the "Caps Lock" key got lost a ...02 Jul 2013
248Muirium: Cool. I thought you might just have been kidding about Caps Lock: a key so dangerous ...02 Jul 2013
249Soarer: :D Yeah, too far. Well... you can make those Fn keys if you want, but then that's a ...03 Jul 2013
250Muirium: Fair enough. Thought it might be a problem, because, as you say, there's a sweet spot ...03 Jul 2013
251Muirium: Just downloaded (and recompiled for my old G5) PJRC's hid_listen to figure out my key ...04 Jul 2013
252Soarer: Heh, we could've told you that :p PC/XT protocol is one-way, so we can't ask it for i ...04 Jul 2013
253Muirium: Here's my current config. Spot the copy / paste code style… Fixed it. I've hijacke ...04 Jul 2013
254Soarer: Yeah, remapping only does single keys, the un-handed ones are for macro commands and ...04 Jul 2013
255Muirium: Cool, thanks Soarer. This is pretty powerful stuff! One last idea on my mind: is it p ...04 Jul 2013
256Soarer: Might be able to add a layer lock in the next version. Until then, the closest thing ...04 Jul 2013
257Muirium: Just knowing that it's possible gives me the incentive to look!04 Jul 2013
258Muirium: No layer lock yet, but I've designed a fairly good layout, for my purposes, which loo ...07 Jul 2013
259Soarer: Very nice! The last macro, since a gui key is already pressed, does it need the set_m ...07 Jul 2013
260Muirium: Good catch, Soarer. I added the second function key (the XT's single Control) late on ...07 Jul 2013
261Soarer: The idea is that the config gives low-level pieces that can be put together... so eve ...07 Jul 2013
262Muirium: Something I found useful was bouncing my config back out again with scrd and scdis. T ...07 Jul 2013
263bhtooefr: This is what I've got in my converter, although it needs further tweaking for OS X: I ...07 Jul 2013
264Soarer: Haha, logical scope... there isn't a lot of that! It's an assembler of config 'blocks ...07 Jul 2013
265Muirium: I know a little C, a little Objective-C, and how to swear in AppleScript. This straig ...07 Jul 2013
266bhtooefr: Those keys won't be present on a set 1 board, that's for 122-key terminals. The EXTRA ...07 Jul 2013
267Halvar: What key is EXTRA_BACKSLASH? I think I don't have that on my board. Is that just ...07 Jul 2013
268bhtooefr: My config is also optimized for Windows, and I did it a while back (when 0.997 was cu ...07 Jul 2013
269Soarer: That's for the AT-F key in that position, since it uses an odd code for that one (and ...07 Jul 2013
270bhtooefr: Oh, good to know. I'll need to fix that if I ever convert to ANSI.08 Jul 2013
271Halvar: Thank you!08 Jul 2013
272Muirium: Two sockets wired in parallel does indeed work quite nicely. I've been using my XT fo ...10 Jul 2013
273Soarer: There's probably quite a few PS/2 keyboards that send non-standard codes... and in mo ...10 Jul 2013
274Muirium: Sweet stuff! That'll be a real help in trying out more advanced features than I've ma ...10 Jul 2013
275Muirium: is giving me an invalid argument error in scas, Also: it's that late!? You got me st ...10 Jul 2013
276Soarer: Thanks for the codes :D Oops... try onbreak instead, like it says in the docs... I sh ...10 Jul 2013
277Muirium: With that change, it now works quite nicely. Thanks! Of course, the Acer's low bloody ...10 Jul 2013
278Soarer: So that rollover thing works OK on other boards, just not that one? Bummer if so, it ...11 Jul 2013
279Muirium: Shift + Shift = Caps Lock? It's so obvious! I must steal that one. Believe it or not, ...11 Jul 2013
280Muirium: This is what my converter actually looks like, for now: Looking into making it a nice ...11 Jul 2013
281Soarer: Steal away! I used that trick in Autohotkey before my converter existed... ... can't ...12 Jul 2013
282Muirium: I'll give it closer inspection next time it shows up. My PowerBook is good at trigger ...12 Jul 2013
283bhtooefr: scboot will reboot the converter into the bootloader (equivalent to pushing the button).12 Jul 2013
284Muirium: Aha! I hoped as much, cheers!12 Jul 2013
285Soarer: Ah, 10.4, OK. There's no way to tell what OS it's connected to... you'll have to tell ...12 Jul 2013
286Muirium: ENGAGE_PC_MODE!12 Jul 2013
287Muirium: Any chance of layer specific macros? I'm looking to keep the layers as logical as I can.21 Jul 2013
288Soarer: There will be more macro trigger stuff in the next release, but I'm not sure when tha ...21 Jul 2013
289Muirium: Sneaky as always! I like it.21 Jul 2013
290andrewjoy: Hello, I have built this converter and the programming is fine as far as i can tell, ...24 Jul 2013
291Muirium: And another puzzle for you, Soarer: Any idea to how to approach IBM 5291-2? I also ha ...24 Jul 2013
292Soarer: What error codes are you getting in hid_listen? The DIP switches set the Keyboard's ...24 Jul 2013
293andrewjoy: I was convinced it was my piss poor wiring so i went to rewire the teensy and managed ...24 Jul 2013
294Soarer: Oops! Not sure how thick the wires you used were, but if they fill the hole up too sn ...24 Jul 2013
295andrewjoy: You sir are a legend thank you, going to pick up some thinner wire today ( that's wha ...25 Jul 2013
296Muirium: Hey Soarer, should I include the mysterious 5th wire (PE) in the converter I am build ...25 Jul 2013
297Soarer: If you do, then wire it to ground. It connects only to the shield on the cable, which ...25 Jul 2013
298Muirium: Phew, because I finished the job without it anyway! Now with built in modularity for ...25 Jul 2013
299Muirium: As always, this might be a dumb question. Can you "else" the ifs? The more PS/2 keybo ...27 Jul 2013
300Soarer: Hmm, no... which ifs do you want to else with your cunninglogicus?28 Jul 2013
301Muirium: Something to do with a default case for PS/2 keyboards with generic ID. I needed eith ...29 Jul 2013
302Soarer: Well, it's an idea that might be useful. Particularly for ifselect, since that's the ...29 Jul 2013
303Muirium: Right. He who laughs last…29 Jul 2013