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Hi, ppl. I was browsing this forum a bit today (since I've only been here when it started and went away) and I stumbled upon an interesting topic, which now lies burried deep in the archive. Although this topic does not contain any solutions for the realisation of "the idea", it does contain stuff which made me kick myself in a butt and after over a year of fiddling with the thing subcounciously, finally made me move my ass from my armchair and walk 10 steps to my personal junkyard, where I keep all my old putter stuff dating back to the 80ties. What's "the idea". Shhhs... a secret. :D You'll figure it out. Some of you will figure it out after this post. I pity only that ATM I don't have my camera to document it properly. Cos' I want to make a step by step guide. If it works, it'll be a good guide to do something... maybe cool. If it doesn't work... you'll at least get a couple of laughs, me included, and if we were living somewhere close to each other, we'd probably be able to have a bonefire and burn "the failed idea" afterwards. But for the time being... it's something that may work. And I'll try to write about it like in a sort of blog way, so ... So far I've moved my ass from my desk to my junkyard, where I managed to fish out two BTC keyboards model BTC-53. Made in Korea. S/N: K502028625 and K502028627. Date of production? God knows. From some remnants of the stickers and the fact that those keyboards are half metal half plastic I summarise that they were built somewhere in the early 90ties. Regular IBM PC AT model with din connectors and standard 102 keys, no win keys, but there's one described "macro". Who knows what it was supposed to do. Anyway, it doesn't work. Not because the system doesn't recognize it as a key, but because... the macro keys in both keyboards lack the "cushion" which connects pathways when a button is pressed. So, I choose these two from several old keyboards because they are very sturdy, have a lot of space inside their casings and even after all that time all 102 keys work PERFECTLY. I managed to test it because in all the rubble I was also able to fish out a DIN>PS2 cable. I also took two, to have two identical "platforms" in case one of them broke down or got broken due to my clumsines. The design is very straightforward (I really wish I had my camera :| ). Metal casing encompases a laminate board with copper pathways. There are three chips on the board which control the keyboard. Fortunatelly "the idea" doesn't require any such hi lvl electronic fiddling, that would force me to do anything with them. You can see the pathways through the board even when it's attached to the plastic part which holds all the keys, so it's not very thick. Each key (except macro) has a spongy cushion lined with aluminium. When a key i pressed it closes a circuit thus sending a signal from the board to the putter. The fact that the idea behind it is so damn simple, makes the whole "idea" possible, because all I really need to do is to find a way to "forward" the patchway's endings outside the keyboard casing. I wouldn't have to worry about that if I'd simply use the laminate itself and forgot about the casing, but... after I finish with the keyboard, it still has to be operational, even with all the wireing sticking out from it in the back. So, I dismantled one keyboard, checked if everything works and if the laminate is intact and made sure that there will be enough space inside the casing to lay 204 wires. 2 for each key. What's next? I need a drill and two bits for it, one very, very thin, so that it goes through the laminate without damaging it and so that the hole is big enough to fit a very thin wire through. Second bit will have to be very big, but... I'll need it much later on. Right now I'll need the small bit, a soldering iron, couple of meters of thin, copper wire (not aluminium... it could crack) and... some duct tape. Problem is, although I have a small bit and a lot of duct tape, it seems that my bro burned our soldering iron and no one knows where did my 100m pack of copper thin wire went. So... tomorrow I'm of to electronics shop to get a new soldering iron, some wire and... while I'm there... I'll be getting some buttons, switches and maybe even levars, all depending on how much all this stuff is going to cost. Because, I forgot to mention, I'll be counting every penny ("grosz" in my case) spent, to check... how expensive it'll really be to realize "the idea". Note: I'm not going to count the smoldering iron as an expense. I'd have to get it anyways, since I can't imagine being a man without such basics as a hammer, pliers, swiss-knife, smoldering iron, set of screwdrivers, etc. Call me oldfashioned. :> :P So, for the time being, I'm stuck. Because only shop with some electronic hardware which is opened at this hour is Leroy&Merlin and I'm not going to let those bastards rip me of my money (their prices, compared to the prices in normal electronics stores... outrage! They once tried to sell me UTP-5 for 1,3 euro per meter, while the regular price now is ~21 cents per meter of cable and a bit more for cord.). If real life allows, I'll try to get to my favourite electronics store tomorrow, to stack up. BTW, I googled out the keyboard I'm going to "operate" on: I'm guessing that some of you already know what I'm trying to do. :) Stay tuned. :)

I just discovered (doh!) a little thing called the rep's page in my user control panel. thanks for the kudos guys... (belated...)

when I click the User CP link.. and if your reputable ( :) ) enough.. the folks who sent you a rep will be there.... @Hawg11 Thanks.. If I got rep points for each time I pull my head out.. I'd be more popular than the pope..!!! I should get another rep because.. I just found out the about the scale icon that been there for 3 years....... wooo hooooo !!! (rep inbound for cobra for showing me the light...)

Ubi has something like this too- only there is no visible indication of it. It's apparently tied to post count as I am unable to find a way to add "karma" to anyone on demand.

You have to click on the odd looking symbol , think its the scales of justice, just above the warning meter on one of your own posts to check it. Thats the only way I can check mine.

lol! after 608 posts and probably 24+ reps :p ....

Were those screenshots??:) They are amazing...

Jeeees i ll crack myself off:icon_jook S! Brati