[I swear, I feel like I've already posted this before, but can't find the post... Ah, well.] Ah, yes. The idea for a thumb "mouse" - or at least some sort of ...
Once upon a time, somewhere, I saw a guy using a pointing device that looked like a ball-point pen with a half-inch ball and a cord out the top. You held it...
Well, I finally got all the parts together for the simplest programmer I could find, it was basically 4 resistors. I can not get it to work with Ponyprog...
First I have to say that I am _very_ impressed with John's innovative design. Secondly, I am _very_ impressed that he has made the design available to...
darcy_currey
djcurrey@...
Jul 16, 2003 10:45 am
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It's official. I feel like a right _wally_! I did some more tracing and discovered that I had the Clock and Data around the wrong way. Not only that, but have...
darcy_currey
djcurrey@...
Jul 18, 2003 8:59 am
61
There is something accursed about those lines to the PS/2 connector. I published two or three wrong diagrams. I truly believe what's in the current...
... connector. ... the ... it ... typing ... I have made some enhancements which I will email you as soon as I have a pretty circuit diagram. The enhancements...
darcy_currey
djcurrey@...
Jul 26, 2003 7:49 am
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Very cool on 1, 2 and 5 Darcy. 3 is supposed to be already there in a way. The way my original code works, as I recall, is that shift, control and alt all...
I'd like to say a little more about proper fit. I hope I don't sound preachy, just sincere :-) First off, a one-hand keyboard that's supported by the...
I'm still kind of obsessing about using coat hangers as the raw material for frames for prototypes. It really appeals to me but when I tried it the results...
For about a year I've been pondering just where is the ergonomically optimal places to mount a miniature joystick, trackball, gyroscope or other pointing...
I'm writing this note with my latest, greatest, one-hand, combined keyboard+mouse. Really it's just one of the old kingpin-style prototypes with mutated...
Great. I'm finally getting to the point of actually building a Chordite, and John starts changing things... :) I've got a working circuit board (with a...
grunchk
grunchk@...
Sep 16, 2003 5:23 am
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I think you'll be able to upgrade to the +mouse version without undoing anything you've done. The unused wires of a PS/2 cable can carry the mouse clock and...
... Great! Thanks for the update, John. Well, I connected the switches. It works ... sort of. I'm obviously not very adept at chording yet. But the weird part...
Well, you might try my original code ps2_001, just to show it's not Darcy's fault ;-) Do you run Windows too? I have the vague impression that Linux might ...
For the last few days I've had 2 versions of the keyboard+mouse code. One boots the computer but the mouse, (I should say pointing function, it's not a mouse...
Warning; this is a boring note about the present state of my software for the one-hand keyboard+mouse which any right-thinking person would skip. It appears...
This is a copy of an e-mail I sent to John McKown on Tuesday, 10/21/03. Other than a few minor edits in [brackets] and the postscript, only my last name has...
jim_thumb
jim_thumb@...
Oct 22, 2003 3:11 pm
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And here's a (near) copy of my response ... Jim, Basically I agree with everything you said. A mouse is a poor substitute for a "hot key" except, of course,...
I've been playing, off and on, with a +mouse version of my one-hand keyboard prototype. As described earlier, it's the same old king pin style keyboard with...
... Unfortunately the only way to get one anywhere is to build it yourself. And that might be a little harder in the UK because American parts stores tend to...
Just for the heck of it I've put my alpha-level +mouse source code in the files section of this newsgroup. You can download it if you dare. The code comments...
I guess I have to say a little more about how the mouse works. Assume a unit for the left hand. Let the keys be numbered 5 3 1 4 2 0 where, if you put your...
Well it looks like only members can download files from this newsgroup. Dang. I really don't understand this membership stuff. I've just never been a joiner....
hi, i'm new to the site and looking into building the chordite. couple of questions to start things off: 1. anywhere besides digikey to buy the switches?...
kltemme
kltemme@...
Nov 24, 2003 5:50 pm
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Hi, regarding (1) Switches. You might try the Omron D2F-FL (D-K # SW153-ND). I just bought 24 of them and Digi-key still has 8491 left. They don't have...
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