Bryan Horstmann wrote, on 19/Oct/12 09:32 | Oct19:
Bryan/
Is there an easy/in-expensive way to use the QL keyboard, which I find
quite OK, on a R-pi?
Interesting to know though if anyone can come up with a method.
The starting point I guess is an I/O device to convert the QL row/column
into a serial stream.
I daresay it is not impossible but .......
There's a Ciseco board on ebay for £7.68
K002 - Slice of Pi/o - add on Raspberry Pi - buffered I/O I2C upto 128
ports!!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/K002-Slice-of-Pi-o-add-on-Raspberry-Pi-buffered-I-O-I2C-upto-128-ports-/221134890594?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item337caaa662.
Is that the sort of thing which might do it?
This gives 16 inputs and matches the QL keyboard row/columns exactly.
The issue then is software only maybe. One has to persuading the system
to stuff data into the keyboard queue. Not a clue how though, or even
if it is possible at all. The IBM keyboard input is serial and a
complex structure.
Over to Linux experts........
Tony
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