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<DIV>Hi Steve</DIV>
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<DIV>I would be interested if you could do this and someone could work out how to make it!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
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<DIV>Pete Craven<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Steve Bass <Steven.Bass@btinternet.com><BR>To: Alex Taylor <zeem.uk@googlemail.com>; bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk<BR>Sent: Monday, 14 January, 2008 6:34:48 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Project idea - for hardware gurus<BR><BR>Hi Alex<BR><BR>To my knowledge there were at least one company who produced a keyboard <BR>interface, which connected to the Master's keyboard connector and that was <BR>Oak Computers.<BR><BR>I know this as I have one fitted to my Master, which is also fitted in their <BR>case, as well as sporting their separate keyboard.<BR><BR>I know Peartree also produced a separate keyboard but whether it went via an <BR>interface or was simply plugged into the connector on the motherboard I <BR>don't know.<BR><BR>If anyone is interested I could take photographs of both the keyboard and <BR>the
interface.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Steve<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Alex Taylor" <<A href="mailto:zeem.uk@googlemail.com" ymailto="mailto:zeem.uk@googlemail.com">zeem.uk@googlemail.com</A>><BR>To: <<A href="mailto:bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk">bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk</A>><BR>Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:22 AM<BR>Subject: [BBC-Micro] Project idea - for hardware gurus<BR><BR><BR>> I've just had a random idea, partly due to thinking about the working<BR>> Master I've got with no keyboard.<BR>><BR>> Although there's already Sprow's PS/2 keyboard interface, what about a<BR>> keyboard interface that connects to the BBC's existing keyboard<BR>> connector, which would work without requiring any extra software?<BR>><BR>> I don't know a great deal about this kind of thing, but I'm sure I've<BR>> seen similar things for the Spectrum, Amiga, and others, using
FPGA<BR>> things to convert the keyboard protocols.<BR>><BR>> I thought of this because if such a thing existed, I could build that<BR>> spare Master into a PC case.<BR>><BR>> -- <BR>> Alex Taylor<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> bbc-micro mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk">bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk</A><BR>> <A href="http://lists.cloud9.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/bbc-micro" target=_blank>http://lists.cloud9.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/bbc-micro</A> <BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>bbc-micro mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk">bbc-micro@lists.cloud9.co.uk</A><BR><A href="http://lists.cloud9.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/bbc-micro" target=_blank>http://lists.cloud9.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/bbc-micro</A><BR></DIV><BR></DIV></div><br>
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