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Apple M0110 Keyboard Protocol

hasu@tmk edited this page Jan 29, 2024 · 20 revisions

Pinouts

Mac 128k/512k/Plus Keyboard pinout
.---------, 
| 1 2 3 4 | 1 GND
|         | 2 Clock
|         | 3 Data
`---___---' 4 5V
from front of connector

Signaling

CLOCK is always from KEYBOARD. DATA are sent with MSB first.

1) IDLE: both lines are high.
    CLOCK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    DATA  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2) KEYBOARD->HOST: HOST reads bit on rising edge.
    CLOCK ~~~~~~~~~~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~~~~~~~~~
    DATA  ~~~~~~~~~~~~X777777X666666X555555X444444X333333X222222X111111X000000X~~~~~~~
                      <--> 160us(clock low)
                         <---> 180us(clock high)

3) HOST->KEYBOARD: HOST asserts bit on falling edge.
    CLOCK ~~~~~~~~~~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~|__|~~~~~~~~~~~
    DATA  ~~~~~~|_____X777777X666666X555555X444444X333333X222222X111111X000000X~~~~~~~
                <----> 840us(request to send by host)                     <---> 80us(hold DATA)
                      <--> 180us(clock low)
                         <---> 220us(clock high)

Protocol

Command

Inquiry     0x10    get key event with block
Instant     0x12    get key event
Model       0x14    get model number(M0110 responds with 0x09)
                    bit 7   1 if another device connected(used when keypad exists?)
                    bit4-6  next device model number
                    bit1-3  keyboard model number
                    bit 0   always 1
Test        0x16    test(ACK:0x7D/NAK:0x77)

Response

Key Event

Raw Code:

bit 7       key state(0:press 1:release)
bit 6-1     scan code(see below)
bit 0       always 1

Model Number

Model                   Code    Layout  Made in     Desc
---------------------------------------------------------------------
M0110(GS536)            0x03    US      USA
M0110(GS624)            0x09    US      USA
M0110F                  0x03    French  Ireland     https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/issues/771
M0110A(M923)            0x0B    US
M0110AJ(M839)           0x0B    US
M0110AJ(A615)           0x0B    US
M0120(BCG9GRM0120)      0x11
M0120 & M0110(G536)     0x13
M0120 & M0110(G624)     0x19
M0120 & M0110A(M923)    0x1B

Raw Codes

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M0110 / M0120

m0110_rawcodes

All keys on M0120 keypad are prefixed with 0x79 simply:

press: 0x79, 0xDD
release: 0x79, 0xUU
where DD = <raw code> and UU = <raw code> | 0x80

M0110A

,---------------------------------------------------------. ,---------------.
|  `|  1|  2|  3|  4|  5|  6|  7|  8|  9|  0|  -|  =|Bcksp| |Clr|  =|  /|  *|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|Tab  |  Q|  W|  E|  R|  T|  Y|  U|  I|  O|  P|  [|  ]|   | |  7|  8|  9|  -|
|-----------------------------------------------------'   | |---------------|
|CapsLo|  A|  S|  D|  F|  G|  H|  J|  K|  L|  ;|  '|Return| |  4|  5|  6|  +|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|Shift   |  Z|  X|  C|  V|  B|  N|  M|  ,|  ,|  /|Shft|Up | |  1|  2|  3|   |
|---------------------------------------------------------' |-----------|Ent|
|Optio|Mac    |           Space           |  \|Lft|Rgt|Dn | |      0|  .|   |
`---------------------------------------------------------' `---------------'
,---------------------------------------------------------. ,---------------.
| 65| 25| 27| 29| 2B| 2F| 2D| 35| 39| 33| 3B| 37| 31|   67| |+0F|*11|*1B|*05|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|   61| 19| 1B| 1D| 1F| 23| 21| 41| 45| 3F| 47| 43| 3D|   | |+33|+37|+39|+1D|
|-----------------------------------------------------'   | |---------------|
|    73| 01| 03| 05| 07| 0B| 09| 4D| 51| 4B| 53| 4F|    49| |+2D|+2F|+31|*0D|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|      71| 0D| 0F| 11| 13| 17| 5B| 5D| 27| 5F| 59|  71|+1B| |+27|+29|+2B|   |
|---------------------------------------------------------' |-----------|+19|
|   75|     6F|            63             | 55|+0D|+05|+11| |    +25|+03|   |
`---------------------------------------------------------' `---------------'
[+] press: 0x79, 0xDD / release: 0x79, 0xUU
[*] press: 0x71, 0x79, 0xDD / release: 0xF1, 0x79, 0xUU
where DD = <raw code> and UU = <raw code> | 0x80

On M0110A Keypad keys and Arrow keys are preceded by 0x79 and some of the keys(=, /, * and +) are preceded by 0x71 on press and 0xF1 on release in addtion.

On M0110A note that Arrow keys and Calc keys(+,*,/,= on keypad) share same byte sequence like below. Preceding 0x71 and 0xF1 means press and release event of SHIFT. This causes a very confusing situation, it is difficult or impossible to tell Calc key from Arrow key plus SHIFT in some cases.

      press               release
        ----------------    ----------------
Left:         0x79, 0x0D          0x79, 0x8D
Right:        0x79, 0x05          0x79, 0x85
Up:           0x79, 0x1B          0x79, 0x9B
Down:         0x79, 0x11          0x79, 0x91
Pad+:   0x71, 0x79, 0x0D    0xF1, 0x79, 0x8D
Pad*:   0x71, 0x79, 0x05    0xF1, 0x79, 0x85
Pad/:   0x71, 0x79, 0x1B    0xF1, 0x79, 0x9B
Pad=:   0x71, 0x79, 0x11    0xF1, 0x79, 0x91

Scan Codes

TMK converer uses following scan codes instead of M0110 raw codes. The scan codes are converted from raw codes basically like below. MSB(bit7) is set when key is released.

    scancode = ((raw&0x80) | ((raw&0x7F)>>1))

And keys on keypad are converted exceptionally.

https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/blob/5208d3165768f93e23e7b46358e1fed252baa241/tmk_core/protocol/m0110.c#L157-L313

M0110 / M0120

,---------------------------------------------------------.    ,---------------.
|  `|  1|  2|  3|  4|  5|  6|  7|  8|  9|  0|  -|  =|Backs|    |Clr|  -|Lft|Rgt|
|---------------------------------------------------------|    |---------------|
|Tab  |  Q|  W|  E|  R|  T|  Y|  U|  I|  O|  P|  [|  ]|  \|    |  7|  8|  9|Up |
|---------------------------------------------------------|    |---------------|
|CapsLo|  A|  S|  D|  F|  G|  H|  J|  K|  L|  ;|  '|Return|    |  4|  5|  6|Dn |
|---------------------------------------------------------|    |---------------|
|Shift   |  Z|  X|  C|  V|  B|  N|  M|  ,|  ,|  /|        |    |  1|  2|  3|   |
`---------------------------------------------------------'    |-----------|Ent|
     |Opt|Mac |         Space               |Enter|Opt|        |      0|  .|   |
     `------------------------------------------------'        `---------------'
,---------------------------------------------------------.    ,---------------.
| 32| 12| 13| 14| 15| 17| 16| 1A| 1C| 19| 1D| 1B| 18|   33|    | 47| 4E| 46| 42|
|---------------------------------------------------------|    |---------------|
|   30| 0C| 0D| 0E| 0F| 10| 11| 20| 22| 1F| 23| 21| 1E| 2A|    | 59| 5B| 5C| 4D|
|---------------------------------------------------------|    |---------------|
|    39| 00| 01| 02| 03| 05| 04| 26| 28| 25| 29| 27|    24|    | 56| 57| 58| 48|
|---------------------------------------------------------|    |---------------|
|      38| 06| 07| 08| 09| 0B| 2D| 2E| 2B| 2F| 2C|      38|    | 53| 54| 55|   |
`---------------------------------------------------------'    |-----------| 4C|
     | 3A|  37|             31              |   34| 3A|        |     52| 41|   |
     `------------------------------------------------'        `---------------'

M0110 International

,---------------------------------------------------------.
| 32| 12| 13| 14| 15| 17| 16| 1A| 1C| 19| 1D| 1B| 18|   33|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|   30| 0C| 0D| 0E| 0F| 10| 11| 20| 22| 1F| 23| 21| 1E| 2A|
|------------------------------------------------------   |
|    39| 00| 01| 02| 03| 05| 04| 26| 28| 25| 29| 27| 24|  |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|  38| 06| 07| 08| 09| 0B| 2D| 2E| 2B| 2F| 2C| 0A|      38|
`---------------------------------------------------------'
     | 3A|  37|             34              |   31| 3A|
     `------------------------------------------------'

M0110A

,---------------------------------------------------------. ,---------------.
|  `|  1|  2|  3|  4|  5|  6|  7|  8|  9|  0|  -|  =|Bcksp| |Clr|  =|  /|  *|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|Tab  |  Q|  W|  E|  R|  T|  Y|  U|  I|  O|  P|  [|  ]|   | |  7|  8|  9|  -|
|-----------------------------------------------------'   | |---------------|
|CapsLo|  A|  S|  D|  F|  G|  H|  J|  K|  L|  ;|  '|Return| |  4|  5|  6|  +|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|Shift   |  Z|  X|  C|  V|  B|  N|  M|  ,|  ,|  /|Shft|Up | |  1|  2|  3|   |
|---------------------------------------------------------' |-----------|Ent|
|Optio|Mac    |           Space           |  \|Lft|Rgt|Dn | |      0|  .|   |
`---------------------------------------------------------' `---------------'
,---------------------------------------------------------. ,---------------.
| 32| 12| 13| 14| 15| 17| 16| 1A| 1C| 19| 1D| 1B| 18|   33| | 47| 68| 6D| 62|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|   30| 0C| 0D| 0E| 0F| 10| 11| 20| 22| 1F| 23| 21| 1E|   | | 59| 5B| 5C| 4E|
|-----------------------------------------------------'   | |---------------|
|    39| 00| 01| 02| 03| 05| 04| 26| 28| 25| 29| 27|    24| | 56| 57| 58| 66|
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------|
|      38| 06| 07| 08| 09| 0B| 2D| 2E| 2B| 2F| 2C|  38| 4D| | 53| 54| 55|   |
|---------------------------------------------------------' |-----------| 4C|
|   3A|     37|            31             | 2A| 46| 42| 48| |     52| 41|   |
`---------------------------------------------------------' `---------------'

Technical resources

Discussion thread

Source code

Technical Info for 128K/512K and Plus

Protocol:

Connector:

  • Page 20 of Tech Info for 128K/512K

Signaling:

Raw/Scan codes:

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