Spencer Nelson

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I'm Spencer Nelson. I'm a handyman and woodworker based in Seattle, Washington. I like to write about the history of craft, tools, and architectural detail. You can reach me at s@spencerwnelson.com . Subscribe via RSS .

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Reverse engineering the 1988 NeXT keyboard protocol

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Summary : Steve Jobs's NeXT computer company made a keyboard in 1988. With no prior electronics experience, I tried to get it to work over USB. To do so, I had to go way deeper than I ever expected - all the way back over 100 years to broadcast radio standards from the 1920s. I learned tons and tons, and had a lot of…