Ive been following this zine since sometime around the time issue 5 was published, really happy issue 6 is finally here. Full disclosure: I authored 2 articles in this issue, (under my real name...
Ive been following this zine since sometime around the time issue 5 was published, really happy issue 6 is finally here.
Full disclosure: I authored 2 articles in this issue, (under my real name 'Gabe Venberg'), but am otherwise unaffiliated with it.
Ugh. The number of hours I have spent looking for a suitable connector for split keyboards that's smaller than RJ-9 is very non-zero. There kind of aren't any, since USB kind of took over most of...
Ugh. The number of hours I have spent looking for a suitable connector for split keyboards that's smaller than RJ-9 is very non-zero. There kind of aren't any, since USB kind of took over most of the connecting-things-to-other-things space.
Another RJ-9 fan! I thought I was the only one! In theory, you could use USB-C connectors, but that comes with the issue of now you have 2 usb ports on your board, one of which must not be...
Another RJ-9 fan! I thought I was the only one! In theory, you could use USB-C connectors, but that comes with the issue of now you have 2 usb ports on your board, one of which must not be connected to the computer...
I mean, in theory you can use anything with at least three wires, but everyone looks at me weird when I slap DE-15 connectors on things that definitely should not have VGA support :) One fun idea...
I mean, in theory you can use anything with at least three wires, but everyone looks at me weird when I slap DE-15 connectors on things that definitely should not have VGA support :)
One fun idea I've had but not tried is using a weird custom 3-way cable between both halves and the host, in which the segment between the two halves has no differential data lines, but only +5V, ground, and the two SBU pins. This is almost certainly against some part of the spec but I don't know which part. I'm pretty sure it would work though, at the cost of not being able to use normal cables.
Ive been following this zine since sometime around the time issue 5 was published, really happy issue 6 is finally here.
Full disclosure: I authored 2 articles in this issue, (under my real name 'Gabe Venberg'), but am otherwise unaffiliated with it.
Ugh. The number of hours I have spent looking for a suitable connector for split keyboards that's smaller than RJ-9 is very non-zero. There kind of aren't any, since USB kind of took over most of the connecting-things-to-other-things space.
Another RJ-9 fan! I thought I was the only one! In theory, you could use USB-C connectors, but that comes with the issue of now you have 2 usb ports on your board, one of which must not be connected to the computer...
I mean, in theory you can use anything with at least three wires, but everyone looks at me weird when I slap DE-15 connectors on things that definitely should not have VGA support :)
One fun idea I've had but not tried is using a weird custom 3-way cable between both halves and the host, in which the segment between the two halves has no differential data lines, but only +5V, ground, and the two SBU pins. This is almost certainly against some part of the spec but I don't know which part. I'm pretty sure it would work though, at the cost of not being able to use normal cables.