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From: depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Ibm keyboards on the st...can it be done?
Message-ID: <3782@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 25 Jul 90 03:14:31 GMT
References: <1990Jul20.024826.396@wolves.uucp> <1990Jul23.140138.4794@diku.dk>
Reply-To: depeche@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST)
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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In article <1990Jul23.140138.4794@diku.dk> jensting@rimfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff) writes:
>brian@wolves.uucp (Brian Daniels) writes:
>>Is it possible to connect an IBM AT-style keyboard to a 1040ST without
>>excessive chaos?
>In short, no. Cause: incompatible scan codes.

Actually, I heard about a piece of hardware which has a socket for an
IBM keyboard in one end and a MIDI OUT in the other, which you can plug
into your ST's MIDI IN port, and with the aid of software, use the
keyboard. I don't remember anything else about it though..

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|S. Alan Ezust                                |  depeche@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca|
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