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Using an old Wyse keyboard on a PC

Using an old Wyse keyboard on a PC

Post by Thomas Sky » Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:12:31



Hi,

does anyone know, how to make an old Wyse keyboard from a serial terminal
work on a PC - preferably in Linux, somehow making it the preferred
device.
I've had it opened and found out the pin-assignments and the ICs:

4-pin western jack, as seen from the host:

1       Data - yellow
2       +5v - green
3       CMD (with a line above it ?) - red
4       GND - black

U1      TI CF60137N - N 9220
U2      Motorola MC74HC163AN
U3      Motorola MC74HC163AN
U4      TI 207 3 6 HK - SN 74HC00N

If anyone has got any ideas, just let me know - it's a great unit.

/Thomas Skyt

 
 
 
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Using an old Wyse keyboard on a PC

Post by Bill Marc » Sat, 20 Jul 2002 07:40:25


On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:12:31 +0200,

Quote:>Hi,

>does anyone know, how to make an old Wyse keyboard from a serial terminal
>work on a PC - preferably in Linux, somehow making it the preferred
>device.

Probably not possible unless you get the whole terminal and plug it into
a serial port.

 
 
 
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