Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-16 Thread Al Kossow
On 5/16/16 1:02 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: >> I disassembled the RC2030 to get at the motherboard and spent some time >> probing. If you get a chance, an couple of MB pictures would be nice. I just to pics and dumped the proms from my RC3230. uploaded to pdf/mips/M20 What pins does the AT

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-16 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Mon, 16 May 2016, Josh Dersch wrote: > > So it looks to me like the first keyboard you've tried just suffers from > > crippled firmware. > > > > Well, in this case, I suspect the firmware in the MIPS -- the first > keyboard I tried was the original, official, IBM AT 84-key keyboard which >

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-16 Thread Josh Dersch
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2016, Josh Dersch wrote: > > > And scratch what I said about the keyboard -- recalling that there are > > "standards" and then there are "standards" I grabbed a different AT > keyboard > > from the

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-16 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Sun, 15 May 2016, Josh Dersch wrote: > And scratch what I said about the keyboard -- recalling that there are > "standards" and then there are "standards" I grabbed a different AT keyboard > from the shelf and tried it, just in case. And it works perfectly. So, it's > a "standard" AT

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Josh Dersch
I disassembled the RC2030 to get at the motherboard and spent some time probing. This is a multi-layer board, quite thick, so tracing things down has proven difficult. Two of the three extra pins on the DIN connector for the keyboard are connected to a 74LS240, one as an input, one as an

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Josh Dersch
On 5/15/16 5:16 PM, Al Kossow wrote: Is there still an os on the disk? Yes, a kind listmember had archived the QIC install media for MIPS RISC/OS, I installed from that. When I got the machine, the system disk was dead, and could not be coaxed back to life. The MAME guys might be

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Al Kossow
Is there still an os on the disk? The MAME guys might be interested in simulating it if you dump the roms and the hd. It wasn't obvious from the picture in the picture if the V50 had an eprom as well. I'm gussing the intel 40 pin part by the keyboard is an 8031? On 5/15/16 5:13 PM, Al Kossow

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Al Kossow
On 5/15/16 3:01 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > And it works perfectly. So, it's a > "standard" AT keyboard, but be careful which one you choose :). > What are the pinouts off the 8-pin connector? I'm guessing the mouse uses the other pins. Digging on the web, this has been asked with no replies for

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 15/05/2016 22:11, Josh Dersch wrote: On 5/15/16 10:30 AM, Al Kossow wrote: looks like an AT keyboard and Logitech (serial?) mouse You're right, that does look like your standard AT keyboard and Logitech mouse. I tried an AT keyboard just a couple of minutes back and it's close, but it

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Josh Dersch
On 5/15/16 10:30 AM, Al Kossow wrote: On 5/14/16 12:29 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: Hi all -- Got me an early MIPS workstation, an RC2030. I'm trying to track down a keyboard and mouse for it. The keyboard connector uses an 8-pin DIN connector. Anyone have any leads? (Or know what the pinouts

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread Al Kossow
On 5/14/16 12:29 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > Hi all -- > > Got me an early MIPS workstation, an RC2030. I'm trying to track down a > keyboard and mouse for it. The keyboard > connector uses an 8-pin DIN connector. Anyone have any leads? (Or know what > the pinouts and protocol might be?) >

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-15 Thread David Brownlee
On 14 May 2016 at 20:29, Josh Dersch wrote: > Hi all -- > > Got me an early MIPS workstation, an RC2030. I'm trying to track down a > keyboard and mouse for it. The keyboard connector uses an 8-pin DIN > connector. Anyone have any leads? (Or know what the pinouts and

Re: ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-14 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 14/05/2016 20:29, Josh Dersch wrote: Got me an early MIPS workstation, an RC2030. I'm trying to track down a keyboard and mouse for it. The keyboard connector uses an 8-pin DIN connector. Anyone have any leads? (Or know what the pinouts and protocol might be?) I don't know, but having

ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

2016-05-14 Thread Josh Dersch
Hi all -- Got me an early MIPS workstation, an RC2030. I'm trying to track down a keyboard and mouse for it. The keyboard connector uses an 8-pin DIN connector. Anyone have any leads? (Or know what the pinouts and protocol might be?) Thanks, Josh