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IBM 4610-Series Receipt Printer
Must have RS232C interface
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Arduino Nano
or other ATMega328-based Arduino
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MAX232CP
Interface and IO ICs / RS-232 -- or second-source clone
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1uF (One MicroFarad) Electrolytic Capacitor
Unless you're using the newer MAX232s that only need 100nF caps -- I wasn't!
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USB cable, power wires only, just the 'A' connector side and cable
For powering the TinyTyper
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Hookup wire (old IDE cable is good for this!)
Dear Hackaday[dot]io, please add support for non-numeric quantities in the future!
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Perfboard / etc
for building the MAX232 circuit... FT232 adapters on eBay are overpriced lol
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USB Power Bank
So that, like He-Man, you have the powaaah! :P
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RS-232 cable
Just one end. An old motherboard header is fine.
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PS/2 connector
From a cable, from an adapter, from a burnt motherboard, doesn't matter, just get one.
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PS/2 keyboard (The 'compact' / 'mini' ones (70-key or smaller) are best here.)
The Solidtek ACK-595, aka Adesso / KeySonic KB-595, is about the best... but I had a Perixx piece of junk in the closet, so that's what I used.
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