[WTS] IBM Wheelwriter keyboard conversion project
Posted: 10 May 2019, 03:03
Hi, I am selling this IBM Wheelwriter conversion project that I am never going to finish nor do I really care to finish. Includes a screw-modded Wheelwriter keyboard, phosphorglow universal Model M controller, compatible USB cord, and a map of the matrix. Link to video of keyboard in action.
Price: $75 $60+shipping. I am asking this price because I put the work into a bolt mod, mapping the matrix, and sale includes the controller.
BACKGROUND: I took a keyboard from a Wheelwriter, did a bolt mod, plugged in the membrane sheet to a phosphorglow universal Model M controller, uploaded TMK firmware onto the keyboard, and got the thing working with a computer. However, it outputs random keycodes because the TMK files are not mapped to the membrane matrix of this keyboard. To get this thing in full working condition, you need to remap the matrix file, keymap file, and maybe something else, and re-upload the TMK firmware (I think that's it(. If you know what you are doing, it really should not be that difficult. If you don't know what you are doing, you probably can figure it out, because I don't know what I'm doing but I mostly figured it out. Also, I recommend making a nice little case so the controller is not flopping around and the keyboard is stable. Could be a fun little project for the right person.
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Price: $75 $60+shipping. I am asking this price because I put the work into a bolt mod, mapping the matrix, and sale includes the controller.
BACKGROUND: I took a keyboard from a Wheelwriter, did a bolt mod, plugged in the membrane sheet to a phosphorglow universal Model M controller, uploaded TMK firmware onto the keyboard, and got the thing working with a computer. However, it outputs random keycodes because the TMK files are not mapped to the membrane matrix of this keyboard. To get this thing in full working condition, you need to remap the matrix file, keymap file, and maybe something else, and re-upload the TMK firmware (I think that's it(. If you know what you are doing, it really should not be that difficult. If you don't know what you are doing, you probably can figure it out, because I don't know what I'm doing but I mostly figured it out. Also, I recommend making a nice little case so the controller is not flopping around and the keyboard is stable. Could be a fun little project for the right person.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS
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