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I see I mixed up the colors a bit, glad you got it working in the end!

Actually, I did not determine what each pin is, as I just soldered the existing cable to another DIN cable I had lying around. I assumed red was vcc and black ground, and got lucky with the last two. Seems common that white is clock though, which means green is data, but don't take my word for it ...

So, I have a BTC5100 which fn-key placement really bothers me. The key does not seem to output any codes by itself (tested using xinput in Linux); I guess that means I can't use a Soarer-based converter to remap it? I.e. switch the positions of fn and ctrl.

If I cut the connector off and used PS/2 this diagram and Amstrad's diagram as reference, I should be able to solder on a new PS/2 connector with no issues? I was really excited to try this thing out.
http://i.imgur.com/uH7iGd1.png

It might work, but I'm not sure which protocol the ...

Success!

I desoldered the daughterboard, cut the DIN-6 connector off, and handwired an old DIN-5 cable to the original cable. Connecting the cable directly to the PCB then worked flawlessly.
Gonna make a more permanent solution soon, this was just for testing.

I see.

Looking at the PCB from the PS/2 version, it seems that the only difference on our boards is the additional daugtherboard. It is soldered onto a standard 4-pin connector (or what you call it) that is directly used on the PS/2 version. I don't have a soldering iron, but I'll probably look ...

Have you received the black cable in the item picture btw? I got my keyboard today, and its the same 6-pin DIN connector. No black cable included.

Someone here that got this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232150970963? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Beamspring sure is interesting, but sadly it would never be accepted in my home.

Ah, I thought the earliest dome with slider version shared model number with the foam and foal board. Guess I have to check out the latter as well. ☺

According to the wiki these were also sold with BTC foam and foil switches. Is there any way to distinguish the two versions from each other without opening the board up? I believe the FCC id on the early boards are identical no matter the switches.

According to my information, that cable is actually a DIN-6 to DIN-6 extension cable ;)
The black angled cable in the ebay picture? Well, that won't be helpful. :cry: :)

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Well Amstrad has used this kind of connector at least.
http://www.kbdbabel.org/conn/kbd_connector_amstradpc1512.png ...

I have one of these incoming from the same seller as you bought from y11971alex.

Does anyone actually know anything about that pin layout, other than the pictures and references found on wikipedia?
I have googled some and in general there's few results, and absolutely nothing on any kind of adapter ...

XMIT wrote: So, if you want to remap Ctrl, or Fn, or Caps Lock, or Esc or any other key, this is now possible!

Does this mean programmability of the Fn-layer as well?

Thanks for bringing these keyboards to the community! ☺

G81-1800HAU (got a picture of the back from the seller):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172405166019? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Someone got a bargain:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-IBM-M ... 3662.l6403

Yellowed but cheap G80-3000HGDs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281961250486? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Blaise170 wrote: Chance of blue alps with that one.

Yeah, I asked for a picture of the switches, but it was sold before I got a reply.

Did anyone here get this one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-PC-Ta ... 1555271874

Would be interesting to see what switches it has.

I'll take one!