You might also want to check out the software designed to read from a
serial-interface modified CueCat bar code reader, cuecat-0.3.0.tar.gz at
http://www.viking.org.au/mirrors/cuecat/, IIRC. The original CueCat
interfaced with the keyboard port, but there were hacks to serially
interface it, then read the character stream.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Holley [mailto:swtpc6800_at_attbi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:08 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Need PC-AT "keyboard BIOS" docs
I have been looking into this also. Here is a good link on AT Keyboards
http://www.beyondlogic.org/keyboard/keybrd.htm
Michael Holley
www.swtpc.com/mholley
----- Original Message -----
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:34:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Subject: Need PC-AT "keyboard BIOS" docs
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Reply-To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
I had this idea for a keyboard adapter for classic machines, but I
don't understand the 40-pin "keyboard BIOS" microcontroller well
enough to know if it's possible...
So... is there a good place (on the web) to learn about the
"keyboard BIOS" chip? Alternatively, is there already a project
like this that I can clone? If anyone has any examples of how
to attach a PeeCee keyboard to a 68000 or 6502 directly, without
going through a UART, I guess I'd be interested in that, too; but
since I was already planning on sticking a Z8530 or 6551 or 16550
chip on the OMNIBUS board anyway, I might as well use the same
serial port for all embedded console I/O.
Thanks for any pointers,
-ethan
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Received on Thu Aug 29 2002 - 08:57:00 BST