I didn't defeat the RESET code, all I did was plug the keyboard in just after pressing the EDIT key. Then the screen came up. It appears that the keyboard must send out a code to indicate it is RESET and the 9100 accepts this. The keyboard is sending out serial data, the question is, exactly WHAT serial code it sends. I am suspecting that it sends XT scan codes...

John :-#)#

At 03:49 PM 01/07/2002 -0400, Kev wrote:

http://www.beyondlogic.org/keyboard/keybrd.htm#1

Look at the AT to ASCII keyboard adapter. If you had a blank 68HC705J1A
MCU, you could probably have it running in 2 hours.

(So I take you you defeated the Reset code?)

Kev

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Robertson" <jrr@flippers.com>
To: <TechToolsList@flippers.com>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: 9100 keyboard!!!!!

> So, now the screen is up on the colour monitor and nothing happens ;-(. It
> seems my keyboard is not 'quite' right. I will search for an XT keyboard
> and get back to the list.
>
> Free time? It's our national holiday today so I thought I'd tackle a
couple
> of irritations...
>
> John :-#)#
>
> At 11:45 AM 01/07/2002 -0700, John Robertson wrote:
> >I just found a work around for this: Find an XT keyboard (an AT/XT will
> >work), next when you press the EDIT key on the 9100 plug the keyboard in
a
> >fraction of a second AFTER you press the EDIT key. Have your old colour
> >monitor plugged in and the EDIT window APPEARS!!!
> >
> >Whoppie!
> >
> >Thus it appears that the Fluke uses a boring old XT keyboard with the
> >ACTIVE RESET wire that was dropped in the later keyboards wiring cable. I
> >am next going to attempt to run the wire from the 9100 directly to the
> >RESET line of the 8048 in my old keyboard and see if that works...
> >
> >John :-#)#
>