A500 Keyboard -> Ps2

03 March 2010, 15:32

Hey Folks,

i have searched the forum for similar queries and had found nothing so for

so i have decided to ask

how could one connect a Amiga500 Keyboard to a PS/2 interface, i have wired up the corresponding connectors ie Clk, Data etc.. but it doesn't seem to want to work :/

i'm presuming the clock is wrong or something... i want to avoid using keyrah really...

has anyone else tried doing this before? if so how did it go? and whats the best method?

Thanks in advance!

Joe.

Jope · 03 March 2010, 16:07

You need to adapt the protocol with a suitable microcontroller, using software you write yourself.

No-one's done the software for this direction so far.. I started writing it for the PIC controller years ago, then development stalled due to the lack of a logic analyzer. I was so close to getting PS2 keycodes to be sent to the PC, but unfortunately my timing was off somehow and I couldn't get consistent results.

Now those analyzers are pretty cheap, I just need to motivate myself to resume coding. :-)

03 March 2010, 15:32	#1
Taghor Posts: n/a	A500 Keyboard -> Ps2 Hey Folks, i have searched the forum for similar queries and had found nothing so for so i have decided to ask how could one connect a Amiga500 Keyboard to a PS/2 interface, i have wired up the corresponding connectors ie Clk, Data etc.. but it doesn't seem to want to work :/ i'm presuming the clock is wrong or something... i want to avoid using keyrah really... has anyone else tried doing this before? if so how did it go? and whats the best method? Thanks in advance! Joe.

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03 March 2010, 16:07	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 32 Posts: 4,061	You need to adapt the protocol with a suitable microcontroller, using software you write yourself. No-one's done the software for this direction so far.. I started writing it for the PIC controller years ago, then development stalled due to the lack of a logic analyzer. I was so close to getting PS2 keycodes to be sent to the PC, but unfortunately my timing was off somehow and I couldn't get consistent results. Now those analyzers are pretty cheap, I just need to motivate myself to resume coding. :-)

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