GDMike Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Duewester said: I thought about using all the clear keys and putting labels on them but even painted black and labeled they're still low profile keys. So, I'll just keep my eyes open for a 0 key that doesn't have Insert or some other text on it too. Looking for a * key too. its looking sweet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duewester Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Frankennine keyboard proto-type. Reuse the Alpha Lock Key. Kailhi Black and Kaihli Blue (You work with what's laying around) key switches. Need some serious remod of my spacebar and the area around 7& key (that's where the backplane is split) Need to paint extra functions on some keys. Waiting for wiring harness from Arcadeshopper. Ordered 100 Kaihli switches, vendor only sent 77 but, I only need 47 for this project. Got some silicone covered wire for the traces. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddemann Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Why not take advantage of the keyboards of today and instead make a "translator" inside the TI that you can connect to? And then add a USB / PS/2 connection to the TI. And if one wants to be really cool one could add BT and other WIFI standards to the "translator". Then you would have a smaller part to upgrade, if changes come along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duewester Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 5 hours ago, oddemann said: Why not take advantage of the keyboards of today and instead make a "translator" inside the TI that you can connect to? And then add a USB / PS/2 connection to the TI. And if one wants to be really cool one could add BT and other WIFI standards to the "translator". Then you would have a smaller part to upgrade, if changes come along. @oddemann, I have considered the translator option but, I somehow got it stuck in my old brain that I wanted to make a keyboard. The TIPI does a pretty fair job of adding USB (via pi 02w). I may mod Frankennine some more later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duewester Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Frankennine can understand my fingers 😀 Still waiting on my permanent install keyboard connector from Arcadeshopper. I have temporary connector installed and the wires are like the "Abby Normal" brain from Young Frankenstein. But hey, i get what I typed, nothing more and nothing less. If I did this again, I'd use solid core copper wire. I used some silicone wire I had a bunch of colors of and it is aluminum multistrand.🙁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 @Nelno it's 2023 any hope of you finishing this product this year? TI'ers need it, many of our boards are falling apart! Thanks, Dan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visrealm Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Any news on this project? I just picked up a beige boy with a bad keyboard. Would love something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visrealm Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Do the original beige TI keycaps fit on modern switches? They look like they would, but I don't have any modern switches to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I think a $20 wireless USB keyboard from Wallmart is a great option. Goes well with a 22 inch video flat screen monitor. I can sit farther away and see the screen better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) That's what I've done, too. In my case it's a Logitch unit. Just plugged the little transmitter thingy into my USB-keyboard adapter and it worked! Pleasant surprise. That way I didn't have to cut any (more) holes in my console. K-R. Edited March 21 by Kchula-Rrit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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