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USB NeXT Keyboard With an Arduino Micro

Posted by Soulskill on from the clickity-clack-hack dept.

coop0030 writes "Ladyada and pt had an old NeXT keyboard with a strong desire to get it running on a modern computer. These keyboards are durable, super clicky, and very satisfying to use! However, they are very old designs, specifically made for NeXT hardware: pre PS/2 and definitely pre-USB. That means you can't just plug the keyboard into a PS/2 port (even though it looks similar). There is no existing adapters for sale, and no code out there for getting these working, so we spent a few days and with a little research we got it working perfectly using an Arduino Micro as the go between."

2 of 115 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not hard.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a single wire not "sinlge wire", but thanks for playing.

  2. Re:When things lasted by Charliemopps · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But there was no beginning. Either there was a big bang, in which time did not exist "prior to" that event, time was created by the event... or the event we consider to be the big bang was the end of the contraction cycle of the universe and it's return to expansion... in which case, again, there was no beginning.

    Then we have your statement about intelligent design isn't believable. Well, the universe is rather uninterested in what you believe, so I doubt that's relevant in regard to the universes creation. Science and God are not mutually exclusive beliefs, although those that believe in one and not the other often use them to inappropriately discount the existence of the other.