Can I use pc keyboard on a pc jr

From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Mon May 7 14:12:09 2001

I have a pc jr keyboard and no pc jr. I bought it for a project that
never panned out. If the original poster of this thread would like it
he or she may have it for postage from the 80919 zipcode (colorado)
in the US. I don't recall whether the cable is present, but the infrared
link should work.

>
> > I have an IBM PC Jr that works but don't have the keyboard with it.
> > is there a way to take an old IBM pc keyboard and make an adapter to =
> > make it work on the jr ?
>
> It's _possible_ (on the grounds that all such tasks are _possible_), but
> the 'adapter' is a lot more than just a cable. It would almost certainly
> involve a microcontroller of some kind -- the keyboard interface signals
> on the PC and the Jr are totally different.
>
> I can probably find a spec of the PC-jr keyboard interface in the TechRef
> if you want to have a go.
>
> -tony
>


-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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