Zenith Data Systems Z-150 XT Keyboard Restoration and DIY USB conversion

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I recently got this Zenith Z-150 keyboard from ebay and I gave it a good cleaning and made my own USB converter for it. This was necessary because these keyboards use the reset pin which IBM keyboards and Soarer's converters did not use or support.

--Important!! I forgot to mention that you will need two pull-up resistors, one between the clock and 5v pins and one between the data and 5v pins.--

The XT connector and teensy connect like this:
5v = VCC
Ground = GND
Data = D0
Clock = D1
Reset = B7

Teensy 2.0: https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy.html

Soarer's converter firmware for Teensy 2.0: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2510&start=



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