Replace nonstandard Epson keyboard with standard PC keyboard?

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From: Marshall Abrams
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 18:31

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I have an old Epson Equity I (8088) computer.  The keyboard connector
is nonstandard: It's an 8-pin DIN, rather than the normal 5-pin DIN.
I have no idea what Epson does with the extra wires (just as I have no
idea what a standard PC/clone does with the wires from the keyboard),
but there are in fact 8 wires attached to the board inside the
keyboard.  I did try plugging an old PC keyboard into the 8-pin female
connector on the computer, but it locked up (as perhaps you guessed).

Question:  Anyone know offhand of an easy way to use standard
keyboards with this computer?  Maybe some adaptor that's available, or
some simple wire-crossing trick I could try?

Thanks in advance if anyone knows about this.


		Marshall Abrams
		ab2r@midway.uchicago.edu

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From: ab2r@quads.uchicago.edu (Marshall Abrams)
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Subject: Replace nonstandard Epson keyboard with standard PC keyboard?
Summary: PC keyboard has fewer wires, locks up
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