Try PropTerminal or even HyperTerminal. It's also very easy to set up TV output using tv_text.spin and a couple of resistors tied to 4 pins. Quite a few boards already come with this setup.
Mike, speaking of 4 pins, what's the difference between the 2 pin and 4 pin keyboards? I thought the keyboards just need two pins always. (been reading your comboKeyboard.spin from a PEKit standpoint and scratching head)
My understanding is that, when Andre and Chip were having discussions about the design of the Hydra, it was believed that you had to have the driver transistors that are included in the Hydra's PS/2 interfaces with the resulting need for 4 I/O pins (2 input / 2 output). As Chip did more work, he found that the Propeller could drive the PS/2 pins directly and that only 2 pins were needed. Andre had already committed to the 4 pin design, thus two different designs for the PS/2 interface.
The Hydra's 4 pin interface can sink more current than the 2 pin interface and the pullups on the Hydra are to +5V rather than the +3.3V of the Demo Board, but practically that doesn't seem to make a difference.
To add just a little bit: The recommended PS/2 interfacing is as on the enclosed sketch. This is straight forward and works without any discussion
There is no special current requirement for driving a keyboard's clock. Andr
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The Hydra's 4 pin interface can sink more current than the 2 pin interface and the pullups on the Hydra are to +5V rather than the +3.3V of the Demo Board, but practically that doesn't seem to make a difference.
There is no special current requirement for driving a keyboard's clock. Andr
Prop Terminal is good enough for me for now - props!