Mechanical Keyboard Club! (Now with fancy title!) - Page 852

Originally Posted by ranviper 

Hm... Well, go buy a coffee then.

Originally Posted by Joe221 

2 bucks for a coffee?!? LOL good luck!

Originally Posted by azianai 

mcdonalds any size coffee is only $1
http://www.mcstate.com/8133/43388/1-Any-Size-Coffee/

Originally Posted by Crunkles 

You can get TWO!!! Just need ~$.12 for tax

Originally Posted by Crunkles 

You can get TWO!!! Just need ~$.12 for tax

Originally Posted by jesusboots 

I suppose this question is for "advanced" keyboard people.

A few weeks ago a friend mentioned he had, in his parents attic a very old keyboard, that he would get for me next time I was there. Today he got that keyboard for me. It is a terminal keyboard.

It uses something similar to a 10pin din, however, they pins themselves are not exactly aligned the same as a ten pin din. My question is this, how would I go about finding which each wire does, so I could see if maybe there was a way to make my own conversion to din6 with some older/seperate wires.

It is a wyse 50 ASCII keyboard. Uses cherry black switches.
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
If anyone could shed any sort of light, as to what the numbers over the resisters may mean, or if this a specific proprietary thing, or maybe someone knows of some sort of database where information like this is stored would be great.

edit: There used to be a metal ring around the pins, lost somewhere in time.

Originally Posted by jesusboots 

I suppose this question is for "advanced" keyboard people.
A few weeks ago a friend mentioned he had, in his parents attic a very old keyboard, that he would get for me next time I was there. Today he got that keyboard for me. It is a terminal keyboard.
It uses something similar to a 10pin din, however, they pins themselves are not exactly aligned the same as a ten pin din. My question is this, how would I go about finding which each wire does, so I could see if maybe there was a way to make my own conversion to din6 with some older/seperate wires.
It is a wyse 50 ASCII keyboard. Uses cherry black switches. Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show) If anyone could shed any sort of light, as to what the numbers over the resisters may mean, or if this a specific proprietary thing, or maybe someone knows of some sort of database where information like this is stored would be great.
edit: There used to be a metal ring around the pins, lost somewhere in time.

Originally Posted by Igthorn 

wy50 terminals are not electrically compatible with at, ps/2, or usb. You would need a converter to actually use it. I don't know of any for wy50. I've seen plans for wy85 and wyse pce terminal keyboards at kbdbabel.org.
Another way to use the keyboard, would be to replace the controller. Not too difficult (only basic soldering skills required but it's time consuming and tedious) but you can't exactly just drop one in. It would involve cutting the traces to the current controller, then wiring a new controller to the matrix (x * y grid that tells the controller what key is pressed), then making sure the new controller is setup for the matrix. You could use a teensy or custom kb controller like the aikb cameleon.
You could also use the controller from a donor ps/2 or usb keyboard but you would likely have to modify the matrix to match the controller (i.e. cutting more traces and wiring it to match the donor kb) since you can't change the configuration of the controller like you could with a teensy or custom kb controller.
Also the franken keyboard would be limited in KRO by the controller used and matrix. Even if you used an NKRO controller without diodes for each key you would not get NKRO. Adding diodes would add another level of complexity.
Unless you really, really like the Wyse keyboard (looks/feel) it's not a task that's I would recommend.
At the very least you have a donor board with blacks and a set of double-shot wyse caps (at least it should be double-shots, I think all MX Wyse boards are double-shot). Wyse is nyce! but you'll still need a moogle kit to complete the set. I love my Wyse set.