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by gondolasparde
04 Aug 2018, 05:11
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

Looking at the thread again, it's obvious to me now what I'm supposed to do, which is scary considering that if something is suddenly obvious to me that means either I'm an idiot for not getting it previously or I'm an idiot for thinking I've got it now.

From what I can tell, the process shouldn't ...
by gondolasparde
04 Aug 2018, 03:54
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

orihalcon wrote: Your best bet would be to look at someone else's BTC board that has a PS/2 plug or AT plug on it and wire yours to match I think.
Do you think that your converter could work with this or is it only with the IBM keyboard advertised on the eBay listing?
by gondolasparde
04 Aug 2018, 03:19
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

ag36 wrote: Does the daughterboard has all 6 pins connected?
Mine appears to only have 4 pins (red, yellow, white, green) with what looks like a black grounding cable connected to the "foil" part of the PCB. I'm not entirely certain, if those are the other 2 pins.
by gondolasparde
04 Aug 2018, 01:40
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

Could you provide a photo of the connector at the pcb side?
https://i.imgur.com/4i5NPP2.jpg
It has the daughterboard, which I believe means I can desolder that and put on a PS/2 connector.

Edit: even though I've read through the thread at least 5 times, I am still lost as to how I can replace ...
by gondolasparde
04 Aug 2018, 01:14
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

xxhellfirexx wrote: Soarer's adapter does have a 6 pin din version.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=64670.0
Thanks! I wasn't able to find this anywhere for some reason, probably because I'm shit at google. I appreciate the quick reply!
by gondolasparde
04 Aug 2018, 00:19
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.
Replies: 10
Views: 2925

Baby's first retro board, need help converting protocols.

First, I'd like to say hello to the DT forum. This is my first post on here after years of using Reddit, and I'd like to apologize if I'm breaking any rules by posting this here rather than a "stupid questions thread" or something similar.

I recently bought a BTC-5100C from eBay on the ...

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