This week's HN-find-of-the-week™ comes from Spencer Nelson. Topic: Keyboard protocols. And no, it's not about PS/2 or USB, far from it.
Spencer took apart the keyboard of a NeXT machine, and found himself trying to understand the protocol, buying an Arduino, an oscilloscope, and a logic analyzer. 💸
It is interesting to note, that NeXT has actually gone its own way with the protocol here. And why 455 kHz in particular plays a role in this, can be read in detail in Spencer's article on the subject.
Exciting and entertaining.
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