On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:39:44 +0100, Wolfgang Kern <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> IIRC there were an unused pin (one of five) on old keyboards.
> Are you sure for this speaker is wired to the connector at all ?
> (if, then you may need a solder iron to rewire the speaker-output
> in your PC. Can't remember which pin ... one of the two grounded)
> Or is it just in there for producing the 'legendary click' sound ?
The Speaker is not wired to the connector.
It's wired to the controler in the keyboard.
>From what I've learned by browsing through webpages is, that there is a
special
command that needs to be sent to the keyboard, in order to activate the
speaker.
The 'legendary click' is being made by the keyboard mechanism itself,
the buckling spring mechanism.
The Speaker is for producing another 'click' for every keystroke. I've
never heard
this clicking sound, all I know it's there to make one.
I'm still searching for the command code that needs to be send to the
keyboard,
in order to activate this clicking.
I've send mails to museums, asking if they have personel, that knows how
to enable
this feature (sometimes retirees that are familiar with old computers work
for
computer museums), maybe they know what to do.
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