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by JanSwanepoel
Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:50 am
Forum: CX16 General Chat
Topic: How does PS2 keyboard interface work
Replies: 14
Views: 7187

How does PS2 keyboard interface work

So Ben's next video is out and he did not disappoint by coming up with a very interesting solution without using a microcontroller! I suppose the only drawback is that you can't really talk back to the keyboard to switch the LED's and stuff like that. Losing the parity bit is probably also not real...
by JanSwanepoel
Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:05 pm
Forum: CX16 General Chat
Topic: How does PS2 keyboard interface work
Replies: 14
Views: 7187

How does PS2 keyboard interface work

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by JanSwanepoel
Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:59 pm
Forum: CX16 General Chat
Topic: How does PS2 keyboard interface work
Replies: 14
Views: 7187

How does PS2 keyboard interface work

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by JanSwanepoel
Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:26 am
Forum: CX16 General Chat
Topic: How does PS2 keyboard interface work
Replies: 14
Views: 7187

How does PS2 keyboard interface work

Hi everyone, I am trying to understand how PS2 keyboard output is read by the CommanderX16.<br /> From my understanding the data and clock pins of the keyboard is connected to VIA2 pins PA0 and PA1. Initially I thought that the VIA would fire an interrupt when the clock changed which samples the da...