Were there ever any keyboards that used a serial interface? I found a PS/2 to serial converter but I'm not sure how well that would work in practice or if DOS would even see it.
Well, strictly speaking pretty much all AT and PS/2 type keyboards use a serial interface. Serial rs232 keyboards also exist. They're called teletypes.
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That converter was probably used to connect mouses. Even if you find a serial keyboard (didn't they use RJ11 connectors?) it probably won't work.
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If I'm not mistaken, there were real ASCII keyboards in the late 1970s. Like serial terminals without screens.
Early CP/M machines had them interfaced with the Z80-SIO, while video was generated on a separate board.
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