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  • A PC keyboard on a Spectrum ???Hi. I'd like to know : is it possible to connect a "modern keyboard" (for example a PC keyboard) to a Spectrum, after modifing its connectors/cables …

    Hi.
    I'd like to know : is it possible to connect a "modern keyboard" (for example a PC keyboard) to a Spectrum, after modifing its connectors/cables ?
    Seriously

    [ This Message was edited by: Cimbalo on 2003-06-04 23:06 ]
    Cimbalo Cimbalo June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 2-player games common on the Speccy, rare on the PC, keyboard as the cause?Hello everyone Does the Spectrum have an edge over semi-modern (from the 90's) computers, when it comes down to keyboard input speed? I've always …

    ... , when it comes down to keyboard input speed? I've always ... to the one of the PC, that comparatively so few 2 ... a bit). Is it the PC keyboard that communicates much more slowly ...
    torstum torstum July 2006 Hardware
  • Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…

    ... key is ignored), then your PC keyboard is not useful for using ... connect to real ZX(with PC keyboard interface). Please inform me about ... type of tested PC keyboard.

    (my old PC keyboard CHICONY with microswitch ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2008 Hardware
  • Speccy as PC KeyboardFirst of all I'd like to say hi, I'm a new member. The site is pretty cool and these forums look interesting. I do have a bit of Speccy knowledge, ha…

    ... to be used as a PC keyboard? Is guess this is possible ... a Spectrum into a full PC. Housed inside the case. Special ...
    Melted Melted February 2010 Hardware
  • K-Mouse and PC Keyboard InterfacesWe have now arranged for some K-Mouse Turbo interfaces and PC Keyboard Intefaces to be built. [B]The K-Mouse Turbo interface [/B] provides 3 useful …

    ... * MB02 / MB02+IDE *
    * PC Keyboard Interface (by Ben Versteeg & ... />

    [B]The PC Keyboard Interface [/B]you to easily ... br />
    The PC Keyboard Interface is compatible with the ... be disabled when the PC Keyboard interface is attached. You ...
    rwap rwap May 2010 Sales
  • PC Keyboard Interface 2013 black editionAnother announcement! [B]The 2013 version of the PC Keyboard Interface![/B] New functions: - It's [B][U]exactly[/U][/B] 1 inch high, which means it …

    ... ]The 2013 version of the PC Keyboard Interface![/B]

    New ... which now allows the internal keyboard and Sinclair joysticks still to ...
    bverstee bverstee July 2013 Announcements
  • PC Keyboard Interface v2014.1A new version of the PC keyboard interface is coming up, with a few improvements: - 'Reset-bug' removed - Smaller, just one inch high, hence cheaper …

    A new version of the PC keyboard interface is coming up, with ...
    bverstee bverstee January 2014 Hardware
  • I've lost my FUSE to PC keyboard conversion filePlease someone help me. I have lost my laboriously drawn keyboard map showing how to get Spectrum keywords using a PC keyboard with FUSE. I just cop…

    ... get Spectrum keywords using a PC keyboard with FUSE. I just copied ... down the built in Spectrum keyboard on Fuse but it doesn ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2017 Emulators
  • Use Spectrum as keyboard for PCAnyone ever converted a spectrum keyboard for use on a PC? I think it would be retro cool to have a Speccy on my desk at work rather than a PC keyboa…

    Anyone ever converted a spectrum keyboard
    for use on a PC?
    I think it would be retro cool to have a Speccy on my desk at work rather than a PC keyboard! :)
    mlasham mlasham June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Multiple Simultaneous Keypresses and PC KeyboardsAn issue was brought to my attention that a short test program that detects whether the QAOP,space keys are pressed was not behaving as expected. …

    ... some combinations. However, on my PC, using a variety of windows ... if this is a limitation in my PC keyboard.

    Anyone has ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2017 Emulators
  • spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …

    I was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy ... playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel ... to load the games from pc(tap format) to the ... and use it through the pc monitor?so in effect ... real spectrum but using the pc to load games..just ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr August 2001 Games
  • keyboard support on Spectaculator 6.XDear Johnathan, your emulator is fascinating, but, to be honest, a better keyboard support on non-english keyboards would be great. The major proble…

    ... , to be honest, a better keyboard support on non-english keyboards ... comma, semicolon keys of the PC keyboard result in different results. I ...
    Seejay Seejay July 2004 Emulators
  • SPECTRUM KEY PC OVERLAYSI'm just getting into the Emulator scene & I'm interested to know if other emulator users get frustrated by having to continually reference a keyboar…

    ... having to continually reference a keyboard layout diagram to remember all ... overlays to put on your PC keyboard (an old one perhaps, or ...
    SPECTINKER SPECTINKER May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Keyboard emulation accuracyWhen the IN function checks the keyboard how accurate is it in a real speccy? For example, say you had lightning fast hands and a keyboard that coul…

    ... the IN function checks the keyboard how accurate is it in ... lightning fast hands and a keyboard that could cope and you ... I'm currently checking the PC keyboard every 20ms in my emulator ... commands simply check the last keyboard scan.
    PrinceClumsy PrinceClumsy December 2005 Emulators
  • Reprogrammable keyboard?Here's an idea that, whilst I *won't* personally use the solution (probably), emulator authors might find interesting to tackle. Over the past week …

    ... gear was unpacked - just two PC base units and the wireless ... pressing the '#' key on the PC keyboard sent an enter-key keypress ... be buying an Asus Eee PC when they're next in ...
    NickH NickH January 2008 Emulators
  • Xpadder - map pad buttons to keyboard keysI like to play PC games with a joypad (using a Gamecube pad with an adaptor), but some games do not support all joypads or are not convenient to play…

    I like to play PC games with a joypad (using ... direction to keys on your PC keyboard (or mouse buttons/directions), and ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG June 2008 Chit chat
  • 2nd Keyboard for 2-player games?Instead of trying to use keys that we don't like or use a joystick for the 2nd player on a 2-player game, could a second keyboard be used? And if so,…

    ... -player game, could a second keyboard be used? And if so ... to do it?
    The PC keyboard interface is one way to ... controller?
    Could a +2 keyboard by itself be used as ... a second keyboard, plug it to one of ...
    zxbruno zxbruno December 2008 Hardware
  • Keyboard mapping...Hi Folks, This is probably going to be one of those daft questions but... On the emulators (Spectrum and CPC) why are the keyboards not mapped to t…

    ... not mapped to the actual PC keyboard?

    I know this ... +9 & 0 on the PC.

    Am I missing ... are not mapped from the PC to the emulator?

    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2010 Emulators
  • Perfect Speccy keyboard layout - design it!When I use my +2 I often think that few keys should change their position. For example "Break" key should be in the upper-left corner (like "Esc" key…

    ... corner (like "Esc" key on PC keyboard) and "Delete" in the upper ... ]
    Design a perfect Speccy keyboard layout. [/B]

    Categories ...
    PopoCop PopoCop January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help me identify a PC keyboard plug!Erm, it's not a din plug, nor a usb or a PS2. It's more like a modem / telephone plug. It's for an old x86 computer with 5 1/4" drive built into th…

    ... monitor. Me need a replacement keyboard with correct plug. Yus, and ...
    Graz Graz June 2011 Chit chat
  • pc keyboard for speccyis it possible to use a ps/2 keyboard for a speccy. I have a +2A, spectrum+ and toastrack, which all have broken keys. So an external keyboard woul…

    ... to use a ps/2 keyboard for a speccy. I have ... broken keys. So an external keyboard would be very useful. I ...
    rustyredline rustyredline April 2012 Hardware
  • Keyboard issuesI'm getting back into programming in BASIC, but I'm finding using a PC keyboard to emulate 48k or 128k BASIC tiresome due to the mapping of keys, esp…

    ... I'm finding using a PC keyboard to emulate 48k or 128k ... just to get around the keyboard issue. Has anyone got any ...
    MattLamb MattLamb May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Spectrum keyboard stickers DIYI decided to upload some files I created in the past, to print stickers to put on a PC keyboard or on a +2/2A/B/+3 that lacks the keywords. More tha…

    ... stickers to put on a PC keyboard or on a +2/2A ... /vanmezelf/zx_spectrum_keyboard_stickers.jpg"]ZX Spectrum keyboard stickers[/URL]
    [URL=" ... /vanmezelf/zx_spectrum_keyboard_stickers_high_contrast.jpg"]ZX Spectrum keyboard stickers - high contrast[/URL]
    bverstee bverstee August 2012 Hardware
  • Keyboard has a life of its own?I just received a Spectrum+ Issue 4S, where I had to replace the MIC connector and I also did the Composite mod. So far it works just fine, but when …

    ... just fine, but when the keyboard is plugged in, this seems ... as well, only when a PC keyboard interface is plugged to the ... board, I can use the PC keyboard without any issues. What could ...
    schombi schombi August 2013 Hardware
  • Building a custom keyboardI'm hit by summer vacation and I thought it would be about time to build my Harlequin board. But I haven't started yet - as I've been looking into wh…

    ... I thought about building the keyboard from scratch.

    pc-keyboard[/url] I like the ... :
    [url]http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/layouts/f988a4ea3b81fa5efd486c5e888cdcaa ... a new layout in Keyboard-layout-editor if you ...
    AndersJensen AndersJensen July 2014 Hardware
  • Issue Two 16K doesn?t like any keyboardI have a strange Issue Two 16K Spectrum here, that doesn?t like any keyboard. With the original keyboard fitted, it boots, but no key works. Okay, I …

    ... doesn?t like any keyboard. With the original keyboard fitted, it boots ... membrane, so I used Bens PC keyboard interface. With this interface fitted ... test reasons I installed a +keyboard. Now the Spectrum boots again ...
    schombi schombi January 2015 Hardware
  • Keyboard reading questionOkay, here's a weird one. I have to elaborate a bit: In the 90s I coded quite a lot of stuff, but I haven't done so in 20 years. There was a hidde…

    ... . Basically I was reading the keyboard:
    LD BC,F7FE - port ... keys simultaneously on a modern PC keyboard, right? Because I tried multiple ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG March 2018 Assembler
  • Keyboard (simultan pressed keys) Test Program in MCode like Vyacheslav Strunov´s Port demo v3.1Anybody here knows of another good Keyboard Tester program (for simultanous pressed keys and in Machinecode) like this: Port Demonstration 3.1 by Vy…

    ... here knows of another good Keyboard Tester program (for simultanous pressed ... ´t work right under PC Emulators as PC Keyboard drivers don´t like ...
    Luzie Luzie November 2019 Hardware
  • specie external keyboard - revision one -[img]https://photos.app.goo.gl/pqeYpXnLqTwYkLvKA[/img] revision one of my external keyboard ... wow it actually worked after a little bit of crash…

    ... /> revision one of my external keyboard ... wow it actually worked after ... /> made a pcb of the keyboard matrix , waiting on arrival from ... a Arduino hook up via pc keyboard (established how to hook it ...
    mark8bit mark8bit August 2021 Hardware
  • BASin Release 4a available for Download[Cut'n'Paste from CSS] Ok, after a reasonably successful test in #speccy, I've released BASin's latest version to an unforgiving world. New in this…

    ... the full use of the PC keyboard. There's also a lot ... from HDD is not a limitation.

    [quote]
    But ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2003 Sinclair Basic
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