wraggster
August 15th, 2012, 02:38
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Only 80s kids will get this: remember when computers had built-in keyboards, like the Apple II line, or the Commodore 64? That’s a form factor duplicated by case modders many times over the years, but [preamp]‘s project is the first time its been done using a Raspi (http://preamp.org/mods/raspcherry-pi) (German, Google translation (http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpreamp.org%2Fmods%2Fraspcherry-pi&act=url)).
For his build, [preamp] used what he considers the best keyboard in the world, theCherry G80-3000 (http://www.cherry.de/cid/b2b_keyboards_G80-3000.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=en&cpssessionid=SID-2A363186-79D410E5&WT.mc_id=). Except for the HDMI port, just about every plug was moved to the back side of the keyboard with the help of an Ethernet jack, a USB hub, and RCA jack. Audio is missing, but for an extremely portable system [preamp]‘s RaspCherry Pi is at the top of its class.
We were wondering when someone would shove a Raspi into a keyboard, and we couldn’t be happier that [preamp] chose a Cherry keyboard for his build; they’re wonderful input devices second only to the 8 pound behemeoth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard) used to write this post.
http://hackaday.com/2012/08/14/turning-a-keyboard-into-a-computer-with-a-raspberry-pi/
Only 80s kids will get this: remember when computers had built-in keyboards, like the Apple II line, or the Commodore 64? That’s a form factor duplicated by case modders many times over the years, but [preamp]‘s project is the first time its been done using a Raspi (http://preamp.org/mods/raspcherry-pi) (German, Google translation (http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpreamp.org%2Fmods%2Fraspcherry-pi&act=url)).
For his build, [preamp] used what he considers the best keyboard in the world, theCherry G80-3000 (http://www.cherry.de/cid/b2b_keyboards_G80-3000.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=en&cpssessionid=SID-2A363186-79D410E5&WT.mc_id=). Except for the HDMI port, just about every plug was moved to the back side of the keyboard with the help of an Ethernet jack, a USB hub, and RCA jack. Audio is missing, but for an extremely portable system [preamp]‘s RaspCherry Pi is at the top of its class.
We were wondering when someone would shove a Raspi into a keyboard, and we couldn’t be happier that [preamp] chose a Cherry keyboard for his build; they’re wonderful input devices second only to the 8 pound behemeoth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard) used to write this post.
http://hackaday.com/2012/08/14/turning-a-keyboard-into-a-computer-with-a-raspberry-pi/