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USB for a 1977 Keyboard

Talkat FOSDEM 2021 · on Sunday, 2021-02-07· at 13:00· D.retro· [embedded-and-hardware]

speaker

name:Jeremy Ouellet (Angel)
links:none on file

resources

video:https://video.fosdem.org/2021/D.retro/retro_usb_kbd.mp4
slides:https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/retro_usb_kbd/attachments/slides/4752/export/events/attachments/retro_usb_kbd/slides/4752/USB_keyboard_Slides.odp
https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/retro_usb_kbd/attachments/slides/4753/export/events/attachments/retro_usb_kbd/slides/4753/USB_keyboard_Slides.pdf

summary

Describes reverse-engineering a retro VISTA80 keyboard from the Canada Science and Technology Museum and converting it to a passive USB device. Covers the VISTA80 history, teardown and original keyboard circuitry, mapping the key matrix, building a prototype circuit board and USB conversion, and lessons learned; mentions potential collaboration with the museum for more device information.

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