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Old 2nd Aug 2021, 9:18 pm   #64
Timbucus
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Default Re: MK14 Programming Interface

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
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I still think a real scanned keyboard addon on the port is the best though as it will be authentic to the time
Yes, but I am terminally lazy. If there's one electronics task I detest more than anything else, it's wiring up and then legending keyboards. And there are hundreds of thousands of old, unwanted, working, PS/2 keyboards lying around with their keys already wired up and legended.

I know this is one thing I won't be able to persuade you on, though, and it's true that anything like that would be a decidedly non-period feature.
You can buy cherry keycap sets for £5 and discard most keys - if someone laid out a PCB for cherry keys we could probably simplify construction quite a bit.
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