Hi!/ Sharing the technology/ LK401/ Thanks!

From: pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com <(pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com)>
Date: Tue Dec 31 20:49:00 2002

On Dec 31, 13:03, Justin wrote:
> > Oops. Sounds like you have an LK450, LK461 or LK471, not an LK401.
 LK401
> > uses a DEC protocol, the others are PS/2-style keyboards. They're not
> > interchangeable, I'm afraid. There should be a label on the underside,
> > with three barcodes, the top barcode being the model number. Does it
say
> > LK401, or something a little different?
>
> You are the only one to say it speaks DEC and not ps/2 though it has a
> ps/2 connector. The circuitboard looks like that of a LK201 when I take
> it apart.

They all look fairly similar. What I meant is that the ones with
PS/2-style plugs normally use PS/2 protocol, and the ones with an RJ11 use
a different, proprietary protocol. My PS/2 ones are at work so I can't
easily check. The only ones I have here are RJ11 LK401s, from VT420s.

> It does have 3 barcodes on the bottom. It isn't made by DEC but in
> Mexico by someone

My LK401s, one UK layout, one German, both say Made in Mexico but they're
still DEC.

> But it ways 5.0 VDC, so I guess it must be ps/2 and not dec style since
> dec has 12 vdc?

Sorry, I can't remember.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Tue Dec 31 2002 - 20:49:00 GMT

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