Reply 20 of 33, by FAMICOMASTER
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wrote:Good job FAMICOMASTER ! Think I would stick with the original BIOS until you get the KB thing figured out.
Thanks! Both BIOSes came out of the same kind of board - Both were DTK Turbo 640s.
One just happens to be a Phoenix BIOS (original to this specific board) and one happens to be a Turbo XT BIOS (which came from my parts board).
I think I like the Turbo XT BIOS better, since the Phoenix BIOS makes the cursor look weird in DOS and because it will show some of the configuration on boot.
One of these days I'll find someone to loan me an EPROM programmer for a weekend to work on getting a better BIOS for it - Until then I think between the two chips it should be a-okay.
wrote:In my experience, the model Ms don't really work properly on XT computers. I had the same problem with my turbo XT board...the keyboard worked intermittently. I ended up having to use an AT to XT keyboard converter to get it working properly.
There is a special model M for XT computers that doesn't have LEDs. It was sold with a later XT motherboard that had a BIOS that supported the extra keys. Not sure if that particular keyboard works on normal XTs, or if that motherboard supports regular model Ms, but maybe both are required to work.
Damn. This keyboard works flawlessly with every other machine I have, excluding one cheap eMachines which has some wonky USB to PS/2 adapter.
Was kinda hoping to find a way to get this keyboard to work for now so I don't have to go all the way to my parent's house (Where I store a lot of my computer stuff while I'm living in this apartment), which is a good 4 hour drive one way...
Maybe I'll see if they can mail the Model F to me, that should work with an XT, right? the F1-F10 keys are arranged vertically on the left, I think I got it from a yard sale or something. It may or may not be in pieces.
If it turns out a model F should work, I'll talk to them about getting it down here, I need the face plate for my ST-251 anyways.