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Friend has a Wyse PCE keyboard, looking for an adapter for the cable
Posted: 20 Jan 2018, 16:20
by Alekaei
My friend has a old wyse PCE keyboard with the terminal connector its part no is
its has a terminal connector i think or a slightly modified one. He is looking for an adapter to use the keyboard on his pc
ive added a picture of the keyboard and the connector
Posted: 20 Jan 2018, 16:24
by fohat
That is an odd connector that only Wyse used. I believe it is an "RJ14" but I may be wrong.
Soarer wrote some Wyse firmware specifi8cally, the normal Soarer firmware will not work with Wyse.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52 ... msg1167938
Posted: 20 Jan 2018, 16:36
by Alekaei
he isnt really looking to solder it, any idea on the cost for selling one of these?
Posted: 20 Jan 2018, 16:43
by elecplus
Orihalcon sells a cable that will work for abt $35.
Posted: 20 Jan 2018, 17:35
by Menuhin
WYSE keyboards actually are good looking, while most people just look forward to harvest from them for the vintage MX black switches, it is nice to have such adapters actually readily available in affordable price.
Posted: 20 Jan 2018, 19:26
by rich1051414
Menuhin wrote: ↑WYSE keyboards actually are good looking, while most people just look forward to harvest from them for the vintage MX black switches, it is nice to have such adapters actually readily available in affordable price.
I have to admit, if I had this board, it would be harvested instantly for the vintage blacks and flipped. At least someone is trying to preserve keyboard history xD
Posted: 22 Jan 2018, 14:44
by mike52787
rich1051414 wrote: ↑Menuhin wrote: ↑WYSE keyboards actually are good looking, while most people just look forward to harvest from them for the vintage MX black switches, it is nice to have such adapters actually readily available in affordable price.
I have to admit, if I had this board, it would be harvested instantly for the vintage blacks and flipped. At least someone is trying to preserve keyboard history xD
harvesting wyses isn't exactly destroying keyboard history... they are so dirt common that we will never run out of them. There is really no point in saving them. Any time you go on ebay, there is atleast 20-50 listings for wyse boards.
Posted: 22 Jan 2018, 16:02
by ohaimark
That probably isn't the case in Ireland where this guy is from.
Posted: 23 Jan 2018, 07:57
by Darkshado
And in an ISO layout to boot, all those I've ever seen listed were ANSI. (Not that I've looked super hard, but still)
Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 19:45
by ruskie
If you decide to get rid of it, I would love to take it off your hands. I love the old wyse boards.
Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 21:11
by Blaise170
I once had almost 100 WYSE boards in all different layouts including ISO. I got them dirt cheap (I think around $650 for the whole lot). I actually converted one a few years ago but it just wasn't that special in my opinion.