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This my project :) I specifically avoided the //e for reasons of needing to replicate the custom PLD chips. Anyway, someone’s already done that here: https://w
by unimplmntd_trap 3mo ago
This my project :) I specifically avoided the //e for reasons of needing to replicate the custom PLD chips.
Anyway, someone’s already done that here: https://www.applefritter.com/content/uncle-bernies-replica-2e-ww-prototype-apple-iie-replica https://www.applefritter.com/content/uncle-bernies-replica-2...
- rbanffy 3mo agoThank you. This is a super cool project. On the physicality, what do you think about the keyboard part? Do you think a USB Apple II keyboard would be a good idea?
- unimplmntd_trap 3mo agoOh definitely. I had to go with an RGB keyboard and some generic keycaps for this build, but it definitely was a compromise. Otherwise the keyboard would have been more expensive than everything else combined…
- rbanffy 3mo agoIs building a keyboard so expensive? Shouldn't it be a PCB, switches, close-enough keycaps, and a tiny controller? I'm imagining a 3D printed case, with screw inserts and supports for the board on the bottom part. I never designed a keyboard though, but if it's prohibitively expensive, this throws a wrench on a bunch of retro keyboard projects I have.
- unimplmntd_trap 3mo agoIt depends on what you'd consider "expensive", for mine the keycaps were £25, plus the keyboard itself (Epomaker EP84) was £21 secondhand. I think you'd be starting at £150 if you were to design one from scratch, and that's at the low end.
- rbanffy 3mo agoThat’s painful. Are there standard PCBs with placement for Cherry switches that cover the most common arrangements (such as 65%, TKL, and such)? From there it’d be just the board, the switches, and the controller, with case being 3D printed. I guess I have to learn how to design keyboards and do something about this project.