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- Newsgroups: comp.human-factors,comp.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!gecko!ed
- From: ed@Tekelec.Com (Ed Campbell)
- Subject: Re: Replace a PC keyboard with a Stenotype?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.224909.2120@gecko.uucp>
- Sender: news@gecko.uucp (Mr. News Man)
- Organization: Tekelec Inc
- References: <1992Dec17.044822.8900@netcon.smc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:49:09 GMT
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- I did a similar thing, adapting a parallel output keyboard to
- a computer that used a crosspoint unit. The most difficult part of
- it was developing translation codes in PROM. The keyboard output
- was used to address the PROM's. The PROM's were enabled by the
- key group scan from the computer. The output of the PROM's were
- OR'ed together, then AND'ed with a strobe to avoid repetition
- on each scan. I haven't been into the PC keyboard electronics
- yet, but the number of pins on the connector suggests a serial
- output. This will require the translated output of your interface
- to be inserted into a parallel in/serial out register. The serial
- clock is most likely generated by the computer, so this is a
- complication you probably won't have to deal with.
-
- Ed Campbell
- Email ed@Tekelec.com (maybe)
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