Re: TI-H: Re: AT/PS2 Keyboard to TI-89


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Re: TI-H: Re: AT/PS2 Keyboard to TI-89




>From Fil's FAQ-Link-In Corner: Ports: PC Keyboard FAQ
http://www.repairfaq.org/filipg/LINK/PORTS/F_Keyboard_FAQ.html  (found from
Olle's link)

The keyboard will transmit keystroke data to the host system as soon as a
key is pressed (or released) if both the DATA and CLOCK lines are HIGH. If
the CLOCK line is LOW, the keyboard will buffer keystroke data until the
CLOCK line goes HIGH again (the clock line acts as a -RTS signal). If the
DATA line is LOW, the keyboard prepares to accept a 11-bit control message
from the host (see below).


This doesn't look too bad.  They keyboard will buffer!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick" <zaphod@coe.neu.edu>
To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: AT/PS2 Keyboard to TI-89


>
> no, i definitely know it can be done, but practically it's hardly worth
the
> effort involved. you'd have to write a program for the TI to poll the
> keyboard and i don't even know if it's possible to insert keypresses
through
> a program.
>
> --nick
>
>
> Nick Foster / Bistromath / zaphod@coe.neu.edu
> KeyID 2048/1024 0x663CB446
> 6CAF FFD4 F9BA 64BA ECF9  032E 7402 3886 663C B446
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Olle Hedman" <oh@hem.passagen.se>
> To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 2:00 AM
> Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: AT/PS2 Keyboard to TI-89
>
>
> >
> > Do you have any reason why it wouldn't work, or are you just thinking
so,
> > without knowing how the hardware works?
> >
> > file://Olle
> >
> > Nick wrote:
> > >
> > > good bloody luck ;) i'm positive with a microcontroller it could be
> done,
> > > but unless you're obsessive-compulsive it probably isn't worth the
> effort.
> > >
> > > a mouse? on a ti-calc? er, why? ;)
> >
> >
>




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