RE: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
> -Original Message- > From: cctech On Behalf Of Adam > Thornton via cctech > Sent: 01 August 2019 04:31 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions > > > > > On Jul 31, 2019, at 7:25 PM, systems_glitch > wrote: > > > > You can use a LK201 or the seemingly less desirable LK401 with the VT320. > There are a number of LK201s on eBay right now for reasonable prices. The > cheap ones are always going to be untested/dirty/possibly missing a key or > two. > > > > > I ended up springing for one that was a bit more than $50 shipped. The lot of > 9 for $150 is very tempting, especially if I could talk them out of some of > the > shipping since I am also in Tucson and wouldn’t mind picking ‘em up, but > that’s way more keyboards than I am ever going to have DEC terminals, I > think. > > Adam I don't know. Don't those also work with VaxStions? You could easily use three like that, plus some spares... Dave
Re: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
> On Jul 31, 2019, at 7:25 PM, systems_glitch wrote: > > You can use a LK201 or the seemingly less desirable LK401 with the VT320. > There are a number of LK201s on eBay right now for reasonable prices. The > cheap ones are always going to be untested/dirty/possibly missing a key or > two. > I ended up springing for one that was a bit more than $50 shipped. The lot of 9 for $150 is very tempting, especially if I could talk them out of some of the shipping since I am also in Tucson and wouldn’t mind picking ‘em up, but that’s way more keyboards than I am ever going to have DEC terminals, I think. Adam
Re: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
the cables are known to bad fairly often. Get a known good cable to test them.. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:31 PM Adam Thornton via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Jul 31, 2019, at 7:25 PM, systems_glitch > wrote: > > > > You can use a LK201 or the seemingly less desirable LK401 with the > VT320. There are a number of LK201s on eBay right now for reasonable > prices. The cheap ones are always going to be untested/dirty/possibly > missing a key or two. > > > > > I ended up springing for one that was a bit more than $50 shipped. The > lot of 9 for $150 is very tempting, especially if I could talk them out of > some of the shipping since I am also in Tucson and wouldn’t mind picking > ‘em up, but that’s way more keyboards than I am ever going to have DEC > terminals, I think. > > Adam
RE: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
The VT320 can use an LK401 or an LK201. I have a defective LK201 you can have for shipping, if you want to repair it. The M0110 keyboards usually used Alps SKCC tall cream switches. https://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_M0110 I have one complete one https://www.elecshopper.com/apple-m0110a-keyboard-mitsumi-japan.html and an M0110 missing a couple of caps that I will sell for half that. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton via cctech Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8:33 PM To: cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard. I have some questions: 1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone have a VT-320 keyboard they’d be willing to let go cheaply? 2) …or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who’d done an Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead, though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project? 3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you’d sell cheap, I’d be happy to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that’s not really a question. There’s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is; was that a “feature” of the B2 model? (that’s a question but not much of one) …and while I’m here, another question. 4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would be most helpful. Adam= --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
You can use a LK201 or the seemingly less desirable LK401 with the VT320. There are a number of LK201s on eBay right now for reasonable prices. The cheap ones are always going to be untested/dirty/possibly missing a key or two. The thing to do for MMJ converters is to get a MMJ cable and an adapter. The 9-pin I use is a H8571-J, I don't have many of those so I can't provide one. The 25-pin I use is H8575-A, I have a few of those so if you wanted to buy a MMJ cable and a MMJ -> DB25F, I could sell you that combination for a reasonable price. I have a huge spool of DEC OfficeConnect branded Spectra-Strip flat cable, a ton of MMJ crimps, and the necessary crimp die to make up cables of whatever length you'd like. Contact me off-list if you're interested. Thanks, Jonathan On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:33 PM Adam Thornton via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard. > > I have some questions: > > 1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone > have a VT-320 keyboard they’d be willing to let go cheaply? > > 2) …or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who’d done an > Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an > AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead, > though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project? > > 3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you’d sell cheap, I’d be > happy to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that’s not really a > question. There’s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is; > was that a “feature” of the B2 model? (that’s a question but not much of > one) > > …and while I’m here, another question. > > 4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some > keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little > plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would > be most helpful. > > Adam
Re: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 8:33 PM Adam Thornton via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard. > > I have some questions: > > 1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone > have a VT-320 keyboard they’d be willing to let go cheaply? > Isn't it just a lk401? I bought one recently for $55. 2) …or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who’d done an > Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an > AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead, > though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project? > Unless you are doing this in bulk, I suspect it would be more expensive... there have been lk201 hack a day stuff, though. Iirc, all the software is available, but when I went looking, the board layout stuff wasn't. 3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you’d sell cheap, I’d be happy > to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that’s not really a question. > There’s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is; was that a > “feature” of the B2 model? (that’s a question but not much of one) > MMJ is a pita. But getting a normal RJ45 and removing the clip will let you plug it in and get it working. Warner …and while I’m here, another question. > > 4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some > keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little > plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would > be most helpful. > > Adam
A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard. I have some questions: 1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone have a VT-320 keyboard they’d be willing to let go cheaply? 2) …or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who’d done an Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead, though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project? 3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you’d sell cheap, I’d be happy to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that’s not really a question. There’s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is; was that a “feature” of the B2 model? (that’s a question but not much of one) …and while I’m here, another question. 4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would be most helpful. Adam
RE: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions
The VT320 can use an LK401 or an LK201. I have a defective LK201 you can have for shipping, if you want to repair it. The M0110 keyboards usually used Alps SKCC tall cream switches. https://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_M0110 I have one complete one https://www.elecshopper.com/apple-m0110a-keyboard-mitsumi-japan.html and an M0110 missing a couple of caps that I will sell for half that. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton via cctech Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8:33 PM To: cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: A few VT-320 and keyboard questions I just picked up a VT-320, with no keyboard. I have some questions: 1) the price on DEC keyboards, at least on eBay, is insane. Does anyone have a VT-320 keyboard they’d be willing to let go cheaply? 2) …or, failing that, I found a posting of someone who’d done an Arduino-based key code mapper that let him use a PS/2 (or maybe it was an AT) keyboard as a replacement. The link to the actual project was dead, though. Anyone have schematic and source code for such a project? 3) If anyone's got a DB-9-or-25-to-MMP cable you’d sell cheap, I’d be happy to buy it instead or making my own. OK, that’s not really a question. There’s a blank insert where the 25-pin connector usually is; was that a “feature” of the B2 model? (that’s a question but not much of one) …and while I’m here, another question. 4) I have a number of Apple IIs and one III that have sustained some keyboard damage. Where can I get/what is the name of the little plus-shaped keyboard stems for those? If I had a couple dozen that would be most helpful. Adam= --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
