( and ) and / and * and + dead on my 3 A500's!!

powersofts · 28 October 2018, 22:47

Hello,

Today I had bad luck when I discovered that on all my three Amiga 500's all the same keys are dead on the numeric pad.

These keys are not working: ( ) / * and + (on the numeric key pad.)
Other keys are working.

I can't believe that on all these three amiga's The 6570-036 is the case.
One of the three got a brand new membrane, but still those keys are dead.

Who know what can be the case.
I swapped the keyboards to see what happens , but still those dead keys.

What do you know will be the solution?

Regards,
Anthony

nexus · 28 October 2018, 23:48

just FYI about keyboards you can get new boards with cherry
http://www.kipper2k.com/cherrymx/cherrymx.html

Jope · 29 October 2018, 11:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by powersofts

What do you know will be the solution?

Boot a workbench 1.3 floppy all the way, try the keys then.

project23 · 29 October 2018, 12:11

Is it possible that you've only just noticed the issue and its some kind of compatibility problem thats existed for some time?

A long shot, i know, but its difficult to understand how its happened :S

Btw, absolutely best and most informative thread title ever hahaha

John

powersofts · 29 October 2018, 21:25

Yeah Yeah Yeah.... problem solved!!! Jope gave the solution : Take that workbench 1.3 and let it go all the way and see.
Those "dead" keys are working!
I did not know this trick.
Thank you sooooooo much Jope!!

Jope · 30 October 2018, 08:15

No problem. This is a kickstart 1.x feature. The ROM keymap is the A1000 keymap (the A1k keyboard is actually missing those keys) for backward compatibility.. I guess some early application wanted exactly that keymap or something.

If you need to enable these, you should have usa1 in devs:keymaps and the setmap command on your disk. setmap usa1 will enable the additional keys. Or well, just about any keymap included with the workbench 1.3 distribution will enable the keys, use your favourite.

indigolemon · 31 October 2018, 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

No problem. This is a kickstart 1.x feature. The ROM keymap is the A1000 keymap (the A1k keyboard is actually missing those keys) for backward compatibility.. I guess some early application wanted exactly that keymap or something.

That explains a lot! I always wondered this myself

28 October 2018, 22:47	#1
powersofts Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 8	*( and ) and / and and + dead on my 3 A500's!!** Hello, Today I had bad luck when I discovered that on all my three Amiga 500's all the same keys are dead on the numeric pad. These keys are not working: ( ) / * and + (on the numeric key pad.) Other keys are working. I can't believe that on all these three amiga's The 6570-036 is the case. One of the three got a brand new membrane, but still those keys are dead. Who know what can be the case. I swapped the keyboards to see what happens , but still those dead keys. What do you know will be the solution? Regards, Anthony

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28 October 2018, 23:48	#2
nexus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: USA Posts: 728	just FYI about keyboards you can get new boards with cherry http://www.kipper2k.com/cherrymx/cherrymx.html

29 October 2018, 12:11	#4
project23 Used Register Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Liverpool Age: 41 Posts: 437	Is it possible that you've only just noticed the issue and its some kind of compatibility problem thats existed for some time? A long shot, i know, but its difficult to understand how its happened :S Btw, absolutely best and most informative thread title ever hahaha John

29 October 2018, 21:25	#5
powersofts Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 8	Yeah Yeah Yeah.... problem solved!!! Jope gave the solution : Take that workbench 1.3 and let it go all the way and see. Those "dead" keys are working! I did not know this trick. Thank you sooooooo much Jope!!

30 October 2018, 08:15	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,885	No problem. This is a kickstart 1.x feature. The ROM keymap is the A1000 keymap (the A1k keyboard is actually missing those keys) for backward compatibility.. I guess some early application wanted exactly that keymap or something. If you need to enable these, you should have usa1 in devs:keymaps and the setmap command on your disk. setmap usa1 will enable the additional keys. Or well, just about any keymap included with the workbench 1.3 distribution will enable the keys, use your favourite.

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