[Coco] Mechanical keyboard upgrades for the CoCo

[Steve Batson]

I think the issue with the keycaps is what's printed on them. PC keycaps aren't exactly the same as CoCo for some of the key's with 2 characters on them and Some that have a single key. CoCo has it's own @ key, most PC keyboards have the @ on the same key as the 2.


On Aug 21, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Brian Blake <random.rodder at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/21/2015 1:56 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>> The issue with keycaps made for PC keyboards is that the CoCo's layout is different. A-Z and a few other keys are the same, but 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, :, ;, and - and all have different shifted functions, and then there are the CoCo's BREAK, CLEAR and @ keys. So, custom legends are necessary. That's why I'll be contacting a keycap manufacturer to see if semi-custom keycaps are financially practical at this small quantity. 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I'm pretty sure that's why Ed is putting a CPLD on it, to account for the mapping differences - which I hadn't thought of in my previous rant....
> 
> 
> Brian
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