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vossstef / tang_nano_20k_c64

Commodore C64 core for the Tang Nano 20K Primer 25K Mega 60k and Mega 138K Pro FPGA
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Adding support for more USB keyboards, possible? #116

Open vanfanel opened 1 day ago

vanfanel commented 1 day ago

Hi there,

I've been happily using this absolutely fantastic C64 core for some time now, and recently tried a mechanical 8bitdo keyboard with it. It didn't work. Same with another mechanical QNIX keyboard I have.

However, my old trusty (but not so pleasant to use) Logitech keyboard+mouse combo works perfectly well with it!

This is how GNU/Linux's lsusb sees the working keyboard: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Nano Receiver

And this is how it sees the non-working 8bitdo mechanical keyboard: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 2dc8:5201 8BitDo 8BitDo Retro Keyboard Receiver

So, I guess this depends on the FPGA Companion (bl616) firmware, right? Where in that firmware should I add new keyboard identifiers? Can that firmware be rebuilt on GNU/Linux easily? I hope so! :)

vossstef commented 21 hours ago

Hi @vanfanel , great to hear from you again and i am very happy that you are still using the core ! Let's ask @harbaum what could be a blocking factor for this specific Keyboard to see is there a fix possible in the FW.