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1.6 KiB
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31 lines
1.6 KiB
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## Unified Retrocomputer Keyboard Project
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This project aims to provide a unified collection of keyboards and encoders for vintage computers, with modular design to reuse as many elements as possible across the designs.
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Home computers of the 1970's typically either polled a switch matrix, or interfaced to a parallel ASCII keyboard via a parallel port.
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The keyboard allows use of Cherry MX keys, or Futaba MD-4PCS (aka George Risk KBM-01-01) keys.
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The keyboard is designed using KiCad in order to be the most useful for anybody wishing to modify the keyboard for more specific uses, or to add to the project.
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### Capabilities so far:
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- Replacement keyboard for OSI computers
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- Replacement keyboard for Apple II/II+ computers
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- Replacement keyboard for the Sol-20 computer
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- Generic ADM-3A/Teletype style keyboard
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- Apple I keyboard (multiple styles)
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- Franklin ACE 1000 replacement keyboard by Chris Ryu (https://github.com/ryucats/Franklin-ACE-1000-Keyboard)
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### Coming soon:
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- Replace encoder board on Apple II/II+ keyboards
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- Convert an OSI 542 keyboard into a generic ASCII keyboard
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- Replica for Knight keyboard
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### This keyboard project so far consists of:
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- A classic retro-style ASCII keyboard, modeled after the ADM-3A keyboard, which
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can be also be populated to fit perfectly in an Apple II/II+ case (with corresponding Apple II keymaps), or an OSI
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case (with OSI adapter).
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- A Sol-20 compatible keyboard.
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- Keyscan/decoder interface modules that can output parallel ASCII, and can be adapted for other protocols.
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- An OSI interface module, to connect the classic keyboard to an OSI computer.
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