Friend has a Wyse PCE keyboard, looking for an adapter for the cable

Alekaei · 20 Jan 2018, 16:20

My friend has a old wyse PCE keyboard with the terminal connector its part no is

840362-04

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

fohat · 20 Jan 2018, 16:24

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

Alekaei · 20 Jan 2018, 16:36

he isnt really looking to solder it, any idea on the cost for selling one of these?

elecplus · 20 Jan 2018, 16:43

Orihalcon sells a cable that will work for abt $35.

Menuhin · 20 Jan 2018, 17:35

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.

rich1051414 · 20 Jan 2018, 19:26

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

mike52787 · 22 Jan 2018, 14:44

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.

ohaimark · 22 Jan 2018, 16:02

That probably isn't the case in Ireland where this guy is from.

Darkshado · 23 Jan 2018, 07:57

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)

ruskie · 12 Feb 2018, 19:45

If you decide to get rid of it, I would love to take it off your hands. I love the old wyse boards.

Blaise170 · 12 Feb 2018, 21:11

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.