What is it?

A full size keyboard kit for your RC2014 system, for use with 5 pin Cherry compatible switches, giving your kit that perfect clicky keyboard.

Key features

• Unambiguous key detection (diodes associated with every switch)
• Power, caps-lock, and code indicator LEDs
• Designed for cherry compatible 5 pin switches

Caps and Switches

Please note, this kits does not include the switches, caps and stabilizers. You can choose to source these yourself, or include in your purchase the Switches & Keycaps for MSX RC2014 Keyboard pack

Using the keyboard on RomWBW

Although this kit is designed to work under MSX's software, it can be used in a stock RC2014 with a configured build of RomWBW.

What is the 'Yellow MSX Series of Boards'?

These are a series of boards that I am developing to achieve MSX compatibility for RC2014 systems.

The idea is that you can build each board one at a time, test it and play with it under RomWBW - and then once you have the set - load up some MSX/MSX2+ games!

The first board in the series was the V9958 Video board

What's included in this kit

This project includes both the keyboard kit and the PPI interface board kit.

• Keyboard PCB and components (passive components, IDC socket, and ICs)
• PPI PCB and components (passive components, IDC socket, and ICs including the 82C55 chip)

Revision V1.6 of the PPI PCB - please see the github project for details of changes. (Revision 1.6 has the LED power indicator removed)

> Please note, this kit does not include switches and keycaps. You can choose to source these yourself, or purchase the associated switches pack Switches & Keycaps for MSX RC2014 Keyboard pack

What else do I need to make this work?

• You need a working RC2014 system (CPU, RomWBW, Clock, etc).
• Enhanced Bus backplane required.
• Switches, keycaps and pcb mounted stabilizers (See Switches & Keycaps for MSX RC2014 Keyboard) pack

For more notes and any revisions please have a look at the github page for the PPI and the github page for the keyboard

Disclaimer

Please note that this is a kit, produced by a non-professional (me) for hackers, DIYers' and retro lovers, to tinker with. I will do my best to answer any support questions you may have.