Specs keyboard on PC
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Hello, All
Hello everyone. Tell me, knowledgeable people, I have a laptop with usb at work
ports, is there any possibility to attach a Speck keyboard to the laptop???
P.S. For those who are interested in why, I’ll answer: I’m tired of the wretchedness of the keyboard
laptop... I want to sit in the emulator with a real keyboard.... :)
Hello, Error404
Err> There are such keyboards, there are keys: a typewriter field, and cursor ones.
Err> Regular writing keys (mostly, by the way, USB), only
Err> castrated as much as I can. The result is almost like Sir Clive's.
Err> It is impossible to work.
Err> What did they fight for, you ask? ;)
Don't tell me. Not for everyone. I've been chasing something like this for a long time.
P.S.: The avatar is awesome: v2_happy:
Hello MegaMyth
And the topic is cool. Although, IMHO, it’s easier to take a USB keyboard and stick it on
pictures of spec keys. For a long time now, someone has even laid out layouts in a graph. formats
posted.
Hello, Sentenced
Bla> Hello everyone. Tell me, knowledgeable people, I have a laptop at work
Bla> with usb ports, is there any possibility of attaching a spec one to the laptop
Bla> keyboard???
Bla> P.S. For those who are interested in why, I’ll answer: I’m tired of the wretchedness
Bla> laptop keyboard... I want to sit in the emulator with a real keyboard....
If it is still possible to write from two keyboards (one of which is cut to
USB), then it’s enough to take and break out one keyboard and wires
solder a speck keyboard to her scarf.
Hello Black1980
Yes, it would be a steering wheel, but simply cutting it off wouldn’t work.
Hello, Sentenced
Sen> Smiled. One question - how does the author imagine this? Who
Sen> is responsible for translating the pressed keys on the Speck keyboard into
Sen> USB protocol ?
That’s why I’m asking, if I knew, I wouldn’t ask such questions...
Hello demon_zx
dem> Yes, it would be a steering wheel, but simply cutting it off won’t work.
Why is this??? Well, do you really have to solder the controller??? After all, there are USB connections
ports...
Hello MegaMyth
Smiled. One question - how does the author imagine this? Who is doing
transferring the pressed keys on a Speck keyboard to the USB protocol?
Hello Black1980
Bla> Why is this??? Well, do you really have to solder the controller??? After all, there is
Bla> wiring of usb ports...
:v2_jawdr;
I; f shocked:v2_wacko:
Hello, Sentenced
Bla> Hello everyone. Tell me, knowledgeable people, I have a laptop at work
Bla> with usb ports, is there any possibility of attaching a spec one to the laptop
Bla> keyboard???
Bla> P.S. For those who are interested in why, I’ll answer: I’m tired of the wretchedness
Bla> laptop keyboard... I want to sit in the emulator with a real keyboard....
Bla> :)
There are such keyboards, there are keys: a typewriter field, and cursor keys. Regular
writing keys (mostly, by the way, USB), only castrated at the most
I can't. The result is almost like Sir Clive's. It's impossible to work.
What were they fighting for, you ask? ;)
Hello Black1980
Bla> That’s the question: what to solder and where...
Soldering is not a question ;) The “question” is whether two keyboards will work together
.
Actually, the process of reincarnation is nothing special, really
the keyboard only has two contact films, you just need to repeat this pattern on
your spec keyboard. All old tracks on the spec keyboard should
be sure to be cut (AHTUNG!!! the keyboard board can be
double-sided and you will have to unsolder the buttons to cut all the tracks). If
the speck keyboard is film, then all that remains is to sculpt the structure with
small-scale controller (examples, in principle, should be on the Internet, but about USB
I don’t know about the option).
Hello demon_zx
dem> Yes, that would be the steering wheel
he doesn't need the steering wheel, but the keyboard
Hello fan
fan> then it’s enough to take and break one hell of a keyboard and wires
fan> solder a speck keyboard to her scarf.
This is the question: what to solder and where...
Hello fan
fan> "Question" will two keyboards play together?
fan>
Where will they go? Of course they will.
Hello fan
The main problem with PC keyboards is the inability to press several keys at once.
In this regard, it will be difficult to repeat the Specov keyboard.
Hello Black1980
You can solder it, but the Spec key combinations will not work.
Hello fan
fan> The question is whether two keyboards will play together.
After all, mice work in pairs, so why shouldn’t the keyboard... But shouldn’t it?
then make sure to solder the wires from the keyboard spec in place of the PC keyboard inside
where is the board with LEDs???
Hello, Black_Cat
Bla> The main problem of PC keyboards is the inability to press multiple
Bla> keys immediately. In this regard, it will be difficult to repeat the Specov keyboard.
why repeat this? a person just needs a keyboard with a zx-like appearance
connected to PC laptop. let the emulsion suffer with the bullshit with key polling
Hello, boo_boo
Well, then you can’t buy a cheap keyboard, disassemble it, and draw the correspondence of the contacts.
board to the contact field of the keyboard matrix, and then the spec matrix
attach if the capabilities of the PC keyboard for simultaneous pressing are satisfactory.
Hello, boo_boo
boo> a person just needs a keyboard with a zx-like appearance
I'm afraid it's just not - you need a keyboard that is convenient to control Spec's
games, and there you just have to stomp on several keys at once, but on a PC
Immediately together they trample what seems like combinations with CTRL.
Hello oistalker
ois> Where will they go? Of course there will be.
Bla> Mice work in pairs, so why shouldn’t the keyboard...
Well then, there are no problems. (has anyone actually tried it?)
Bla> Isn’t it possible to do something so that the wires from the keyboard’s spec are soldered on
Bla> the place of the PC keyboard is inside where the scarf with LEDs is located???
Pytsy keyboards have a special shamanic wiring so that diodes are saved and
the necessary buttons were pressed together. In short, without the massacre of a spec keyboard
no way . Or you will have to use a small controller.
Hello, Black_Cat
Bla> I'm afraid it's just not - you need a keyboard that's easy to control
Bla> spec games, and then you just have to trample several
Bla> keys at once, and in the PC they immediately stomp together seemingly combinations
Bla> with CTRL.
no, everything is fine with that. that is, as far as I remember, one scancode is read
at once, but several simultaneously pressed keys work without problems
sequential reading of codes. I checked now in xev under Linux - I press
a bunch of buttons at once, and I get a bunch of scancodes, nothing is lost.