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Article #1281Re: A400 Keyboard Wiring (diagram)
From: David T. Hsu
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1985 21:35
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1985 21:35
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In article <851017-140850-1769@Xerox> Denber.wbst@XEROX.ARPA writes:
>...
>Adapting it for the 400 requires removing the 2 ICs on the board and
>soldering jumpers from the (now) empty holes to the keyboard socket
>in the 400. One can figure out how to do this by reverse engineering
>...
>I went out and bought one of these keyboards (they look quite nice, and
>only $4.95!), but I don't have a TR Manual. Does anyone have the
>information I need to make the connections? Thanks.
>
> - Michel
I too bought one, and promptly set about in search of my Dec '82 Creative
Computing, from which the following matrix is derived. Note that this
is the original 400 keyboard circuits; I haven't finished tracing the
1200 keyboard yet to figure which pins go where.
wire # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
------+----------------------------------------
9 | brk ctl both shiftkeys in parallel
10 | 7 6 U Y N
11 | J H spc
12 | 8 5 I T K G M B
13 | 9 4 O R L F , V
14 | 0 3 P E ; D . C
15 | < 2 - W + S / X
16 | > 1 = Q * A atr Z
17 | bs esc ret tab cap
also, there is another set for the system keys
18 19 20 21
22 reset opt selec start
The article implies that these numbers refer to those of the wiring trunk
at the 400's membrane end. I haven't figured out yet the values for the
extra pf keys, but it's a pretty good bet that they sit in the blanks for
rows 10 and 11.
-dave
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eneevax.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (David T. Hsu) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: A400 Keyboard Wiring (diagram) Message-ID: <391@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 17:35:52 EDT Article-I.D.: eneevax.391 Posted: Fri Oct 18 17:35:52 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Oct-85 05:05:52 EDT References: <851017-140850-1769@Xerox> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (David T. Hsu) Organization: U of Maryland, EE Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 51 Keywords: Radio Schlock; Atari Keyboards; silly earthlings Summary: Wirin' them keys up