Hi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2
(nothing no flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first
pluged in it does flash the leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy
fix ?? can it be fixed?
the machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just no
bloody keyboard and help would be great
On 29 Apr, Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:Hi Brian thank you for your input but if i read this right and from what i have read further that the mouse and the keyboard share the same fuse and i have checked that fuse and its good plus the mouse works ...... not sure what is going on with it just
Hi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2 (nothing no flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first pluged in it does flash the leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy
fix ?? can it be fixed?
the machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just noNot 100% certain, but I think there's a fuse that protects the PS/2 slot
bloody keyboard and help would be great
on the RPC m/board, which may have blown.
You can download drawings (but not the TRM) from down the bottom of this page:
<http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Manuals.html>
7MB download, in .PDF format.
Or more likely, someone with a better memory than me might confirm my memory, or lack thereof...
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CJE was 'bragging' at the show last weekend that he's obtained new cables with plugs on them for Acorn keyboards. A break in one of those cables
could explain your problem.
In article <6269fdf2-82a1-4856...@googlegroups.com>,Well i just ordered a new dedicated ps2 keyboard because i have always used ps2 to usb adaptor ... so maybe the adaptor has gone bad i get the new keyboard tomorrow so will will see if that helps any.
Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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...... not sure what is going on with it just no matter what keyboard i throw at it just wont work not even holding the R key down whileCJE was 'bragging' at the show last weekend that he's obtained new cables with plugs on them for Acorn keyboards. A break in one of those cables
powering on does nothing i have checked the voltage to the socket and
it is getting voltage.
could explain your problem.
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...... not sure what is going on with it just no matter what keyboard i
throw at it just wont work not even holding the R key down while
powering on does nothing i have checked the voltage to the socket and
it is getting voltage.
On 29 Apr, Tim Hill wrote in message <5924eeb422tim@invalid.org.uk>:
CJE was 'bragging' at the show last weekend that he's obtained new
cables with plugs on them for Acorn keyboards. A break in one of
those cables could explain your problem.
I thought it was mice they had cables for -- unlike keyboards, they're
not standard because Acorn did (mostly) their own thing with the
connections and plugs. That said, I didn't follow the talks in close
detail, so might have missed the keyboard bit.
Hi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2 (nothing no flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first pluged in it does flash the leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy fix ?? can it be fixed?
the machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just no bloody keyboard and help would be great
Thank you
Martin
In message <f0dd7ef7-ce80-4c3f...@googlegroups.com>Thank you Kevin i downloaded it and its a good stop gap for now until i find out what the issue is
Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2 (nothing no flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first pluged in it does flash the leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy fix ?? can it be fixed?
the machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just no bloody keyboard and help would be great
Thank youAs a tempory solution you could use my virtual keyboard called vkeyboard from:
Martin
http://kevsoft.co.uk/
At least you will be able to type on the computer.
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On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:45:23 UTC+1, Kevin Wells wrote:
In message <f0dd7ef7-ce80-4c3f...@googlegroups.com>
Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2 (nothing no flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first pluged in it does flash the leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy fix ?? can it be fixed?
the machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just no bloody keyboard and help would be great
Thank youAs a tempory solution you could use my virtual keyboard called vkeyboard from:
Martin
http://kevsoft.co.uk/
At least you will be able to type on the computer.
--Thank you Kevin i downloaded it and its a good stop gap for now until i find out what the issue is
Kev Wells
http://kevsoft.co.uk/ https://ko-fi.com/kevsoft
carpe cervisium
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Thank youYay!!!! i got it working i had a broken track which i thought i had repaired correctly after battery leak but just redone all the traces and its back up keyboard is working, thank you to everyone and Kevin i will be leaving your app on there and set to
Martin
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:50:47 UTC+1, Martin Taylor wrote:
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:45:23 UTC+1, Kevin Wells wrote:
In message <f0dd7ef7-ce80-4c3f...@googlegroups.com>
Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first pluged in it does flash theHi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2 (nothing no
leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy fix ?? can it be fixed?
d and help would be greatthe machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just no bloody keyboar
Thank youAs a tempory solution you could use my virtual keyboard called vkeyboard from:
Martin
http://kevsoft.co.uk/
At least you will be able to type on the computer.
t the issue is--Thank you Kevin i downloaded it and its a good stop gap for now until i find out wha
Kev Wells
http://kevsoft.co.uk/ https://ko-fi.com/kevsoft
carpe cervisium
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Thank you
Martin
Yay!!!! i got it working i had a broken track which i thought i had repaired correctly after battery leak but just redone all the traces and its back up keyboard is working, thank you to everyone and Kevin i will be leaving your app on there and set to load on boot just in case i have this issue again once again thanks people .
Yay!!!! i got it working i had a broken track which i thought i had
repaired correctly after battery leak but just redone all the traces
and its back up
In article <227eff32-eae0-4ba0...@googlegroups.com>,
Martin Taylor <URL:mailto:mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:50:47 UTC+1, Martin Taylor wrote:
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:45:23 UTC+1, Kevin Wells wrote:
In message <f0dd7ef7-ce80-4c3f...@googlegroups.com>
Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
flash of led) or even an acorn keyboard (which when first pluged in it does flash theHi good people my RiscPC wont work with any keyboard i put on it PS2 (nothing no
leds) but then nothing.... is this an easy fix ?? can it be fixed?
d and help would be greatthe machine boots and the mouse and everything works great just no bloody keyboar
Thank youAs a tempory solution you could use my virtual keyboard called vkeyboard
Martin
from:
http://kevsoft.co.uk/
At least you will be able to type on the computer.
t the issue is--Thank you Kevin i downloaded it and its a good stop gap for now until i find out wha
Kev Wells
http://kevsoft.co.uk/ https://ko-fi.com/kevsoft
carpe cervisium
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Thank you
Martin
Yay!!!! i got it working i had a broken track which i thought i had repairedGlad it's sorted.
correctly after battery leak but just redone all the traces and its back up
keyboard is working, thank you to everyone and Kevin i will be leaving your
app on there and set to load on boot just in case i have this issue again once again thanks people .
Not heard of that fault before. I didn't think any keyboard tracks were anywhere near the battery! Can you explain where the track was?
Board mk 1, 2 or 3?
Chris Evanshi Chris, its a mk 1 board, I have no idea where the keyboard tracks run if i am honest .... i reflowed the solder on the components around (c172 which i had to trace and solder to nearest point) seen they suffered the worse from the battery leak, i also
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On 29 Apr, Tim Hill wrote in message
<5924eeb422tim@invalid.org.uk>:
CJE was 'bragging' at the show last weekend that he's obtained new cables with plugs on them for Acorn keyboards. A break in one of those cables could explain your problem.
I thought it was mice they had cables for -- unlike keyboards, they're not standard because Acorn did (mostly) their own thing with the connections and plugs. That said, I didn't follow the talks in close detail, so might have missed the keyboard bit.
In article <mpro.qscg9h01x4m5x0362.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve Fryatt
<news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
On 29 Apr, Tim Hill wrote in message <5924eeb422tim@invalid.org.uk>:
CJE was 'bragging' at the show last weekend that he's obtained new
cables with plugs on them for Acorn keyboards. A break in one of
those cables could explain your problem.
I thought it was mice they had cables for -- unlike keyboards, they're
not standard because Acorn did (mostly) their own thing with the connections and plugs. That said, I didn't follow the talks in close detail, so might have missed the keyboard bit.
Pretty certain this Acorn keyboard is standard PS2?, as it works straight into an older PC that has PS2 inputs. But a PS2 mouse needs an adaptor to work with the RPC.
In article <mpro.qscg9h01x4m5x0362.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>,
Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
I thought it was mice they had cables for -- unlike keyboards, they're
not standard because Acorn did (mostly) their own thing with the connections and plugs.
Pretty certain this Acorn keyboard is standard PS2?,
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 17:29:44 UTC+1, Chris Evans (CJE/4D) wrote:
In article <227eff32-eae0-4ba0...@googlegroups.com>,
Martin Taylor <URL:mailto:mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:50:47 UTC+1, Martin Taylor wrote:
On Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:45:23 UTC+1, Kevin Wells wrote:
In message <f0dd7ef7-ce80-4c3f...@googlegroups.com>
Martin Taylor <mtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yay!!!! i got it working i had a broken track which i thought i had repairedGlad it's sorted.
correctly after battery leak but just redone all the traces and its back up
keyboard is working, thank you to everyone and Kevin i will be leaving your
app on there and set to load on boot just in case i have this issue again once again thanks people .
Not heard of that fault before. I didn't think any keyboard tracks were anywhere near the battery! Can you explain where the track was?
Board mk 1, 2 or 3?
hi Chris, its a mk 1 board, I have no idea where the keyboard tracks run if
i am honest .... i reflowed the solder on the components around (c172 which
i had to trace and solder to nearest point) seen they suffered the worse
from the battery leak, i also reflowed the cmos chip and a couple others
that was showing dry solder joint so maybe it was one of them that made it work...i am sorry i cannot be more clear on what it was that fixed it i am just happy it is fixed.....i was stuck on what to do and had nothing to
loose even if it had broke the cmos i could have always replaced it i just want to try and get my trusted RiscPC back up and running.... it was a
really odd one because the port had power just no keyboard would do anything but give a flicker of the leds when first turned on, I know by todays standards its outdated and i do have a Pi4 running riscos but i do love my RiscPC, i like all my acorns from the BBC and a420/1 , A3010, A4000 to the RiscPC, my children laugh when the hear the A420/1 spin up the ST506 HDD. Sorry for ranting lol
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