Using the bottom of an older Thinkpad as a keyboard!

[Cola]

Hi all


I saw this thread, where you have a look inside the Thinkpad USB keyboard.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=86096



It appears, that there's a small converter in it, converting the MOLEX stack to USB
https://plus.google.com/photos/11743615 ... 7433424940


So does this mean, that you could connect a standard Thinkpad laptop keyboard straight to USB and use it as a keyboard?
I have got several dead T40 bottom halfs lying around, which could be modded slightly, to fit the small converter board, and then just use this as a keyboard for my desktop PC.


Is this anything any of you have ever tried?
Does it seem possible?
Where can I buy the converter boards?


Looking much forward to your replies. Anything or any experiences will be good. :thumps-UP:

Best regards,
Frederik

[EasyMac308]

Unless you can find a keyboard controller already configured for your keyboard you'd have to decode the matrix and do a bunch of point to point soldering. Probably not worth your time.