[Oberon] oberonstation questions, ps/2?

[Jörg]

Hi Lars

 

I use an USB mouse and a small green USB-to-PS/2 adapter:



I use this on my Pipistrello.

 

br

Jörg

 

From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Chris
Burrows
Sent: Dienstag, 2. Februar 2016 05:08
To: 'ETH Oberon and related systems' <oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch>
Subject: Re: [Oberon] oberonstation questions, ps/2?

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of

> Lars

> Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 2:07 PM

> To: ETH Oberon and related systems

> Subject: [Oberon] oberonstation questions, ps/2?

> 

> Was wondering why PS/2 was chosen for the oberon keyboard and mouse

> ports when all the keyboards being sold in stores these days are USB.

> Was ps/2 much simpler to program without complexities of USB ?

> Drivers easier to write?

 

Yes. The keyboard and mouse handlers are only about 70 lines of Oberon
(Input.Mod) and about 40 lines of Verilog code (MouseP.v and RISC5Top.v).
You can download the source code and detailed design documentation from
here:

 

http://www.projectoberon.com

 

> 

> Also, no HDMI video, DVI? 

 

If you want Project Oberon with HDMI/DVI video you can get the 'Oberon
system on Pipistrello'

 

"The original oberon code is basically unchanged, the only major code
addition is a module that takes the signals that normally drive an analog
VGA monitor and convert it to DVI output via the HDMI connector."

 

http://saanlima.com/store/index.php?route=module/blog

 

Regards,

Chris Burrows

 

CFB Software

http://www.astrobe.com/RISC5

 

 

 

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