Junkbox parts...

[Allison]

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>Subject: Junkbox parts...
>   From: M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net>
>   Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:41:05 -0300
>     To: "'cctalk at classiccmp.org'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>A couple of relevant sites:
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>http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~hy325/spring-2006/docs/8042.pdf
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>http://www.beyondlogic.org/keyboard/keybrd.htm
>
>mike

Thanks for the info.  After years of using nicely encoded
keyboards the AT/PS2 deal is a mess.

Allison


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>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:19:55 -0700
>From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
>Subject: Re: Junkbox parts...
>
>On 23 Apr 2007 at 11:29, Allison wrote:
>
>
>> Can these parts (PC AT keyboard interface) can they be used for 
>> small system as a interface from AT or PS2 keyboard to a 8bit micro.
>> Right off I suspect yes.  However is there any information on how 
>> to "talk" software wise to them as to what kind of results and 
>> commands they take?
>
>It's all described in pretty decent detail in the PC AT Techref.  
>Look in the "System Board" section.  When I first saw it, I wondered 
>why the IBM writers had wasted so much paper on it.
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck