Valerio
Experienced Member
Hello All,
as I may have mentioned in previous posts, I am the proud owner of an Olivetti M24. An Olivetti M24 was my very first computer - everything computer-related I have ever learnt rests on the foundations that I laid exploring the workings of that intriguing machine when I was a child.
Fast forward many years later I re-acquired an M24 of near-identical configuration (640Kb RAM, dual 360k floppy, no HD, green monochrome display, 102-key ie Type 2 keyboard), which I am very happy with (especially after adding an XT-IDE board from glitchworks). The only problem is that said M24 resides back in Italy, while I spend the vast majority of my working life here in the US. Shipping it over is unthinkable.
So after a bit of thinking I reached the logical conclusion - buy its American cousin, the AT&T PC 6300, here in the US, where it should be in (relatively) good supply. So I did! The 6300 I bought is in very good shape but bare-bones, ie no hd, no keyboard, and no monitor.
To the HD part I will come back later.
The monitor part I solved relatively quickly after a few false starts with VGA cards - I built the simple adapter and connected it to a NEC MultiSync 1990FXp bought off ebay for $40 delivered. The adapter can be improved as is being discussed in another thread - more on this later.
The more immediate problem was the keyboard, which is the topic of the current thread... which I realize is getting a bit long so I'll split it into different posts (I hope this does not break forum rules).
as I may have mentioned in previous posts, I am the proud owner of an Olivetti M24. An Olivetti M24 was my very first computer - everything computer-related I have ever learnt rests on the foundations that I laid exploring the workings of that intriguing machine when I was a child.
Fast forward many years later I re-acquired an M24 of near-identical configuration (640Kb RAM, dual 360k floppy, no HD, green monochrome display, 102-key ie Type 2 keyboard), which I am very happy with (especially after adding an XT-IDE board from glitchworks). The only problem is that said M24 resides back in Italy, while I spend the vast majority of my working life here in the US. Shipping it over is unthinkable.
So after a bit of thinking I reached the logical conclusion - buy its American cousin, the AT&T PC 6300, here in the US, where it should be in (relatively) good supply. So I did! The 6300 I bought is in very good shape but bare-bones, ie no hd, no keyboard, and no monitor.
To the HD part I will come back later.
The monitor part I solved relatively quickly after a few false starts with VGA cards - I built the simple adapter and connected it to a NEC MultiSync 1990FXp bought off ebay for $40 delivered. The adapter can be improved as is being discussed in another thread - more on this later.
The more immediate problem was the keyboard, which is the topic of the current thread... which I realize is getting a bit long so I'll split it into different posts (I hope this does not break forum rules).