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> Anyone come across some manufacturer that still produces a serial ascii =
> output keyboard, say 2400,N,8,1.
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> I need the full QWERTY keypad with control key also.  I does not have to =
> a full size like a PC keyboard.  A compact keypad is fine say with 64 =
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> PC keyboards are not ascii they output scan codes.

This isn't off-topic. The best way to solve this problem is to interface the
keyboard to a microcontroller that reads in the scan codes, translates them
to ASCII, and sends the ASCII out the serial port.

A low end AVR would be ideal for the task because IIRC they have a built in
serial port. or one could bitbang a PIC or Scenix part without too much
trouble.


Just a couple of thoughts.

BAJ