Date   : Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:34:38 +0100
From   : tony.noble@... (Tony Noble)
Subject: Keyboards.

I've seen messages in the archive that deal with this on a beeb, but not
for this, so:

Has anyone tried to use the internal keyboard from one of the single-box
ARM machines (A30X0, etc) for other purposes?

My plan, as it stands, is that I have an A3010 with a knackered motherboard
(transformer tore off the board in shipping) and a Raspberry Pi.  This
seems like the perfect opportunity to make a modern-ish take on the old
machines, as long as I can make the keyboard talk to the Pi.  The keyboard
itself has two ribbon connectors that plug into the mainboard.  Finding
sockets for them to plug into appears to be nigh-on impossible from any of
the component suppliers, but I'm happy to desolder the ones from the board
and re-use.

What I obviously need from there is an interface.  Rather than re-invent
the wheel and spend ages figuring out how to do that and because the
keyboard looks, to all intents and purposes, like a perfectly standard
102-key item, I thought I'd see if anyone else has done the same thing
first and if they'd be willing to provide instructions.

All advice much appreciated,

Tony