From: Martin Klein (haembacher.newton_at_web.de)
Date: Wed Nov 05 2003 - 07:48:01 PST
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>Except that there is an exchange between the Newton keyboard and the Newton when it is plugged in. Without a software
>hack, the keyboard won't be recognized. (Well I guess a truly serial device could be seen by a terminal program but you
>lose a lot of functionality that way).
>
>The best way to do this is to interface a key matrix with a small pic device and program it to look like a Newton
>keyboard. That way you would retain all the existing functionality. The output of the pic would just connect to the
>serial port as normal. It doesn't matter if this is internal or external.
>
>Nice project for someone.
>
This is already a project. :-)
Jochen Schäfer and I are currently working on this. We are developing an
adapter to use a PC-keyboard with the Newton. We will release more
information as soon as our prototype is working.
Martin
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