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First, SC tries to determine what it got. It does so by setting everything up for AT/PS2 communication, then sends out a "Hello echo!" to the keyboard (that's the "wEE" in your listing). If it receives an Echo response (the "rEE" in your listing), it then sends out a "Who you?" to the keyboard (that ...

Could you please post the complete hid_listen output (i.e. start hid_listen, then plug in the converter)?
It would be interesting which keyboard ID, if any, gets reported, as this determines the mode.

Since force is part of the EPROM data, writing a blank config, followed by unplugging and re-plugging the converter, should do it.

jensma wrote: 10 Jun 2024, 19:46 Received my blusb the other day and decided to give it a little cover
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6656780

Nice ... I'll give it a try next week (got a BlUSB keyboard on my bench that needs a bolt mod). Thank you!

Hey All,

Just in case anyone is looking for an experimental version that might work with 3V3 Pro Micros, please see attached .hex file.

Details:
I started with the following .hex file: https://deskthority.net/resources/slightly-changed-sc-v1-12/15676
Which I found a link to here: http ...

EPROM programmers normally have a device compatibility list. Have you checked?

Hopefully nobody will be using bricks except in rare fits of frustration hahaha. But we probably have to plan for 10 fingers and 2 feet simulatenously (probably more). And as HuBandiT noted, sometimes two people play together (e.g. teacher and student). So NKRO gets to well over 12, I suppose.
Any ...

Thanks DMA - appreciate your response.

CommonSense controller could be a great solution but as you note getting the velocity information would be an issue.

Fully bypassing the very slow MIDI transmission speeds is a tough challenge. . .

Not really. MIDI uses 31250 bps with 1 start/1 stop/8 ...

Not exactly an e-Reader, but close -
https://remarkable.com/

The Pause key doesn't autorepeat on a PS/2 keyboard.

There's no reason for keyfeel to be any different as the springs / hammers are identical to those in the M - they are interchangeable.
Since the metal backplate also plays a part in the "keyfeel", I doubt that.
I got enough Ms - my fingers know the difference.

Plus, the M2 doesn't have the ...

I'm not sure what voltage it is expecting. I tried the following:
• 5V -- no lights
• 7V -- all lights come on and stay lit
• 9V -- all lights come on and stay lit. The board lets out a constant "beep"
• 12V -- all lights come on and stay lit. The board lets out a brief "ray gun"/"pew" noise when I ...

Based on the images, the cables should carry the following:

Red, Yellow -> V cc
Green, Blue, Thick White -> Gnd
Thin White - Clock/Data (presumably)

Is this what your Reddit fellows told you? If not, what did they tell you?

If so ... whatever that is, it's not PS/2 layout (which has separate ...

Searching for "beetle atmega32u4" or "beetle leonardo" turns up quite some on AliExpress and eBay.

I've recently acquired two other little Arduino-compatible boards which can be used for Soarers Converter. The first one is called:

SS Micro

This is a close relative of the Pro Micro; the main difference is that its LEDs, while connected to the same ATmega32U4 pins, are active high instead of ...

mind_prepared wrote: Would it be possible to mount a 'regular' M122 controller inside your Unicomp M122? Does the back plate have the same characteristic pair of embossed mounting holes?

Unfortunately, no.

I added pictures of the lower part of the shell and the LED part of the upper part to my post above. At a glance, without taking exact measurements, it looks exactly like the lower part of the shell of "normal" 122-key Model Ms with SDL sockets. So, it should work by "just" adding a matching ...

I also got a Unicomp PC/122 with a PS/2 connector. ... That is a beast that I'd love to drag out of its box (...AFAIR, it got a rather special controller board (sitting on the right side, including the LEDs). I could take some photos of its innards if you're interested.

yes, and please provide ...

I'd definitely be interested in at least one M-122 board. As you know, mind_prepared , I got 4 of them by now; all hand-modded to USB with Soarer Converter on a Teensy 2 or Pro Micro, 3 of them with added LEDs in the exact same position as the previous Unicomp PC/122 generation had (i.e., using the ...

The only anomaly (which I don't really know whether is an actual anomaly) is that the Pause key registers its down and up events in 7..11 ms, independently of how long I actually press the key.
That's actually no wonder, if you look at the PS/2 protocol.
The Pause key fires one long PS/2 code ...

- soarer's controller has custom tool to upload keymaps, which with Pro Micros means I don't have to play with RST pin to reset to bootloader and then hunt for a tty device
I always replace the boot loader on the Pro Micros with Grendel's . It's smaller and it doesn't have that pesky 8 second ...

1. Does it work with a modern Unicomp Model M?

I don't know. What's a Unicomp Model M look like inside?
Essentially like a 1996/7 Model M (the latest series, with the small controller board on the right side that's directly squeezed on the paths of the foil instead of using a connector). At ...

Since neither Windows nor Menu key exist on the original Model M, you definitely have to generate your own config.

I installed one of these yesterday. Works great!

It was a drop-in replacement for an original controller that seems to have developed thermal problems - after some hours of usage, it would start to rAndOMLy seLeCt upper/LOWERCAs€ and even mix in some letters I definitely didn't type 8-)
The ...

lot_lizard wrote: With whatever we picked, I wanted the .net and .org instance as well to avoid confusion.

You do realize that there are hundreds of generic TLDs around now, right? .com/.net/.org isn't really that meaningful any more.

macro expects exactly one HID key plus an optional set of modifiers (Shift/Alt/Ctrl/Gui).

Cleaned up my ex's one some years back only to find the needles of what must have been half a christmas tree in it. I'll never find out how she did that.

HuBandiT wrote: BTW are any of you M guys interested in NKRO for the M?

Definitely. Slight PITA each time I use it as a little substitute for a musical keyboard.

The key caps are from a standard German 1391403, just slightly randomized 8-).
The controller board also looks like a normal PS/2 one (got the LED cable connector), not a terminal.
I think this keyboard belonged to an IBM PC/XT.

I don't know why the previous owner did what he did, but it seems he ...

Ich habe mir gerade 4 Model Ms organisiert. Im Originalzustand sahen sie so aus...
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Nach stundenlanger Putzerei und ein paar Zusatzcaps aus bewährter Quelle sehen sie wieder so aus:
IMG_1590.jpg ... also größtenteils wieder in Ordnung. Technisch sind sie alle gut in Schuss und klackern ...