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28 May 2010, 01:12
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replacing the A500 Keyboard
As A500's are getting on a bit now and mine is starting to fail ie keys stop working... i was wondering if its possible to connect an Amiga 1200 keyboard to the A500 via some kind of home made adapter board? There is some info on aminet of going the other way ie a500 to 1200 but not a 1200 keyboard connecting to an A500.
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28 May 2010, 02:42
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You can buy a conductive rubber trteatment kit that will repair the traces and pads on keyboards, remotes etc, works really good  if you want a cheap solution, shave the lead (graphite) from a pencil, then dab the affected pads into the graphite, blow off excess then retry... i've done this successfully quite a few times, Last edited by kipper2k; 28 May 2010 at 02:51. |
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28 May 2010, 04:21
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The problem is that the y key displays z and the z key displays y! but when i plugged a 1200kb into the kb controller on the a500 kb it still has the same problem... so i guess the controller isnt working correctly.
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28 May 2010, 04:30
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Are you sure the keymap is valid for your zone ? i know there are are qwerty and qwertz keyboards |
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28 May 2010, 04:41
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28 May 2010, 05:41
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Well I found the problem! I have a German keymap... Just have to figure out how to change it to us
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28 May 2010, 10:51
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