I have uploaded photos of the insides of the OAK keyboard to: Under /Fluke/9100_series/9100_Keyboard... Will copy the binary code there too, makes more sense as it is not actually part of the adapter project. John :-#)# On 2018/09/06 12:50 PM, John Robertson wrote:
Today I opened my 9100 programmers keyboard #757120 (made by OAK) and they nicely had put the keyboard code in a 2716 mounted on a Z8603RS.
Here is the code:
ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org//home/mirrors/flippers/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9100%20Series/Keyboard_Adapter/Z8603RS_KYBD_9100.bin
John :-#)#
PS, Side note - if your 9100 build in keyboard is stiff when you pull it open be sure to take it apart and add a tiny dollop of silicon grease to each of the wiper assemblies - otherwise it can break the housing as the plastic is getting brittle with age. If you do break any plastic Methylene Chloride works as a solvent to repair it.
PPS, as an Easter Egg, did you know that the 9100A keyboard has a great many signatures imprinted on the underside of the plastic cover? Nice!
On 2017/10/07 10:32 AM, William Stillwell wrote:
I am working on a version now, I received a keyboard for testing so should be soon.
On Oct 6, 2017 8:13 PM, "Ian Eure" <ian@retrospec.tv> wrote:
This has been done a couple times, but none of them are currently available or very well documented. I’m sure it would be well-received if you produced a new version.
Personally, I’m interested in understanding the original, and replicating it, if possible, so a converter box is less desirable for me.
On Oct 6, 2017, at 3:56 PM, Dave Riddle (Technical Dept.) < enginr@windstream.net> wrote: Make an in-between box that accepts the new keyboard codes as is and converts them to the useful hex code at the useful baud rate. What? Maybe five chips on a 2 x 2 board? Just need those custom keycaps, then.
On 10/6/2017 3:20 PM, Andrew Finn via Techtoolslist wrote: WOW many thanks for taking the time and trouble to take and upload the pics of the unit, was very interesting! I emailed keytronics for information or the rom data but as expected they don't have any info now earlier than 2000 so that's out the window!! It is a copy of a keytronics KB101 early keyboard and with the detailed pics have started mapping the keys to the fluke, I am also looking into getting a modern keyboard made with these fluke key legends on them, it has rekindled me to look into all this and devise a pic chip to change the baud rate so a modern keyboard can be used, now I have done the fluke video cards I still need a keyboard so this has inspired me to look into it all again! Getting hold of those old style clicky keyboards seems a very expensive exercise!! But there are company's that will print anything you want on key caps for them, so even that is a option if KB101 keyboards can be found!! The project goes on!!!!!
> On 4 Oct 2017, at 2:07 am, Ian Eure <ian@retrospec.tv> wrote: > >> On Oct 3, 2017, at 5:21 PM, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> >> wrote: >> >> On 2017/10/03 5:05 PM, Ian Eure wrote: >> I finally tracked down a Programmer’s Keyboard for my 9100. I >> don’t >> know how widely it’s known, but there were two different versions >> of the keyboard. The only photos I’ve seen are the earlier model, >> which meant that I almost let this one slip away. It was on eBay, new >> old stock, for $36 shipped! >> >> All the info is in the manuals, if you look. I had always >> wondered >> why the keyboard illustrations in the Programmer’s Manual didn’t match >> the photos of the keyboard I’d seen. It’s because I read scans >> of a >> later (1991) printing, which has illustrations of the later >> revision >> of the keyboard. I haven’t seen a 1988 printing, but I bet it >> shows >> the earlier keyboard layout. >> >> The various 9100 service manuals list different part numbers: >> >> 9100A Supplemental Parts List (May 1988), fig. 5-21, p. 5-53 >> ---- >> Lists p/n 5-64995-131. This seems to be the more common >> version of >> the keyboard. It has a block of (mostly) 2u keys on the far >> right, >> angled RETURN key, and arrows by the SHIFT and RETURN keys. >> >> Photo: https://i.imgur.com/undefined.png > Broken link. Here’s what I was trying to share: http://www.dragonslairfans. com/smfor/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6456.0;attach=11160 I’d be interested to know what’s inside one of these, maybe it uses normal switches and could be used to reproduce one. _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/
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