Keyboard Question

chrispy · 11 September 2010, 12:48

Ok, I have a brand new CDTV keyboard lined up for my black 1200 project and have a few questions to ask if I may. Sadly it's a qwertz keyboard instead of a qwerty but fortunately comes with the smaller return key (i've heard people have had no end of troubles with larger return keys on these keyboards). My questions are :-

1. What's the best way of going about this mod? Should I just try to switch the actual keys over (dubious about doing this as i'm bound to break a few keys along the way) or try to switch the membranes (I think that's what it is) over?

2. This qwertz layout. Please forgive my ignorance and feel free to laugh your arse's off but - when setting up the Amiga, is it like a PC where you select the region you are in or is the keyboard set that way? If it's the former surely it's just a matter of swapping over the y & z keys. I can't remember how the initial setup went.

Many thanks in advance.

Graham Humphrey · 11 September 2010, 13:14

The Amiga has different keymaps - i.e. if you typed 'setmap gb' into a Shell it would change the layout to the British one, which would mean it would behave like a British one - i.e the Z becomes Y. I'm fairly sure that's how it works.

(By the way, QWERTZ is a German layout isn't it? Just out of interest.)

TCD · 11 September 2010, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

(By the way, QWERTZ is a German layout isn't it? Just out of interest.)

Yep, it is

chrispy · 11 September 2010, 15:02

Many thanks.

Exile · 11 September 2010, 15:57

Have you ever seen the Dutch version , the ABC board?
Hell i tell ya, Azerty is much better (french).

11 September 2010, 12:48	#1
chrispy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wales (Gods Country) Posts: 155	Keyboard Question Ok, I have a brand new CDTV keyboard lined up for my black 1200 project and have a few questions to ask if I may. Sadly it's a qwertz keyboard instead of a qwerty but fortunately comes with the smaller return key (i've heard people have had no end of troubles with larger return keys on these keyboards). My questions are :- 1. What's the best way of going about this mod? Should I just try to switch the actual keys over (dubious about doing this as i'm bound to break a few keys along the way) or try to switch the membranes (I think that's what it is) over? 2. This qwertz layout. Please forgive my ignorance and feel free to laugh your arse's off but - when setting up the Amiga, is it like a PC where you select the region you are in or is the keyboard set that way? If it's the former surely it's just a matter of swapping over the y & z keys. I can't remember how the initial setup went. Many thanks in advance.

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11 September 2010, 13:14	#2
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	The Amiga has different keymaps - i.e. if you typed 'setmap gb' into a Shell it would change the layout to the British one, which would mean it would behave like a British one - i.e the Z becomes Y. I'm fairly sure that's how it works. (By the way, QWERTZ is a German layout isn't it? Just out of interest.)

11 September 2010, 15:02	#4
chrispy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wales (Gods Country) Posts: 155	Many thanks.

11 September 2010, 15:57	#5
Exile Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Netherlands Age: 49 Posts: 116	Have you ever seen the Dutch version , the ABC board? Hell i tell ya, Azerty is much better (french).

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