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Simplest of Keyboard Hacks
allroy1975:
I'm doing a KB hack because I have like 30 laying around my basement not being used. Why spend $20 extra on the jukebox if I can just spend an hour or so and hack up a keyboard that's just collecting dust.
I have some compaq's. Seems like it should be pretty simple.
Thanks for all the suggestions...or whatever this has all been. ;)
I guess the whole question was do I still need to worry about the Matrix and all that. Sounds like I do.
Oh well. I'll learn something! w00t!
Allroy
cbmeeks:
Little OT but I recently saw an old Dell keyboard on eBay (the clicky kind with a HUGE Dell printed on it) and the guy wanted $400 for it!!! I kid you not. And that was just for the keyboard! He said it was a piece of vintage history and hard to find....lol
cb
ChadTower:
I just saw an email on a list i belong to where a guy was offering a whole box of what he called "OLD computer keyboards". I didn't read it thoroughly but he did specify than many of them are larger AT plug deals...
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: allroy1975 on November 23, 2004, 02:48:24 pm ---I'm doing a KB hack because I have like 30 laying around my basement not being used. Why spend $20 extra on the jukebox if I can just spend an hour or so and hack up a keyboard that's just collecting dust.
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It actually is a good idea for this application.
--- Quote ---I guess the whole question was do I still need to worry about the Matrix and all that. Sounds like I do.
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See http://www.mameworld.net/emuadvice/keyhack2.html if you need more info.
Two ways to look at it. You need to map out the matrix for the keys you want to use because a keyboard works by sending a keypress when you connect a column to a row.
You do not need to choose keys carefully, though, because you will not be pressing three keys at the same time.
allroy1975:
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