Keyrah and ZXUSB support?

[Fuzzball]

So I have considered building a USB Vic-20 keyboard using a Keyrah and also a Spectrum USB keyboard using a ZXUSB. Has anyone previously tried either of these with the Mister? Does it work as expected with the Vic-20 and Spectrum cores?

[rhester72]

Keyrah isn't ideal for joystick handling (due to reuse of a diagonal between the ports on the hardware itself) and I don't think the key mapping is 1:1 (nor is it configurable).

[Fuzzball]

Thanks for that. I am only interested in the keyboard.

[Stinky]

Keyrah works great, it is also switchable between PC and Commodore layout. I did need to remap a couple of keys but that's simple, the joystick port works well enough for Vic20.

[rhester72]

@Stinky How did you remap keyboard keys?

[Stinky]

Mister interface let's you do that, plug in a PC keyboard as well and map away. It's in the top menu with control setup.

[Stinky]

You can get a blingbox they're up on Indiegogo now.

[rhester72]

Mister interface let's you do that, plug in a PC keyboard as well and map away. It's in the top menu with control setup.

Aha - I thought that was the one that was only temporary and lost when you switch cores.

Thanks for the tip!

[Fuzzball]

You can get a blingbox they're up on Indiegogo now.

Each to their own but I'd rather have the keyboard in an original breadbin case. You can pickup a breadbin case and keyrah a hell of a lot cheaper than the blingbox and get a more authentic experience in my opinion. Admittedly the case is going to have some level of wear and tear but that is part of the authenticity