Re: [NTLK] Cool Newton keyboard-dock thing???

From: Stephanie Maks (steph_at_maksystems.com)
Date: Tue Jan 29 2002 - 01:06:05 EST


Maybe we should pull apart a Newton keyboard and see what's inside. If it
has a similar arrangement of ribbon cables that go into a serial converter,
then maybe the serial converter could be yanked out of the regular keyboard,
stuck onto a salvaged eMate keyboard, and made to work?

I have a Newton keyboard here, but I haven't gotten around to opening it up
yet.

-Stephanie

> Makes sense, what with the power button and backlight functions to
> deal with. I suppose I could play around with the 4 or 5 strand and
> maybe get lucky and rig a serial interface, but that one is more
> likely to be power/light functions and maybe the 12 strand is some
> sort of souped up serial... But then the function keys may not work
> and that was what I was really hoping for, a quiet, nice keyboard
> with functions keys I could use with my 2x00. I don't suppose
> anyone's got a schematic of this laying around somewhere?
>

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