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Title: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on May 12, 2020, 12:17:19 AM

I was wondering who knows what keyboards the A600's shipped?
I have two units, one has a what looks like a UK keyboard and the other seems to have a Spanish keyboard.
Google and Bing did not help.
Thanks.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on May 12, 2020, 04:27:22 AM

How could I find out how many different Keyboards were made for the A600?
If I were change the key caps and picked a US layout, would that work?
It sounds like it would.
I need to buy 2 mice and 2 power supplies.
Hopefully I can get either a CF adapter or SD Card adapter to replace the missing HDD's
I still have Amiga PiDrive and hope it works well.
Thanks for letting me ramble.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: TribbleSmasher on May 12, 2020, 05:35:35 AM

The keyboard issue should work, read here:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=95283
But beware, there are two different versions, it is mentioned over there.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on May 12, 2020, 06:52:58 AM

Thanks, when I get a power supply and a boot disk I will take a look at it to see what I need to do.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on May 25, 2020, 12:39:06 AM

I am curios about typing using my A600's.
Thankfully there are replacement parts for my UK keyboard.
Are these keyboards good for daily typing?

Are there any mechanical replacements?
CherryMX comes to mind.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 07, 2020, 12:01:19 AM

One of my A600's.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 07, 2020, 12:02:50 AM

The other.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 08, 2020, 12:34:43 AM

I could be letting these go someday.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 11, 2020, 12:53:09 AM

Here is my UK keyboard disassembled.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 11, 2020, 12:54:12 AM

Insane in the Membrane.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 11, 2020, 01:48:23 AM

Qwerty, UK, US
Qwertz, German
Azerty, France
This is what I have found out so far.

I need two plungers, springs, and two key caps, F1 and tilde.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: F0LLETT on June 11, 2020, 01:48:01 PM

Quote from: trekiej on June 11, 2020, 12:54:12 AM

Insane in the Membrane.

No one going to take this one.

"Insane got no brain"   :D

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 11, 2020, 04:03:46 PM

Retro Madness?

Insane in the brain!

I hope not.  :D

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: kolla on June 11, 2020, 10:38:26 PM

Here are two more for you, Norwegian and Italian (I think).

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: kolla on June 11, 2020, 10:42:09 PM

Quote from: trekiej on June 11, 2020, 01:48:23 AM

Qwerty, UK, US
Qwertz, German
Azerty, France

The one with Ñ-key is Spanish, I would think.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 12, 2020, 02:04:51 AM

Thanks, both are Qwerty.
I did see a Euro Map of where different keyboard are used.

The Spanish keyboard is a Qwerty too.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 12, 2020, 04:46:48 PM

I heard a rumor that the key from other keyboards are compatible with the A600.
Is this true? The A500, A1200 and PC where mentioned.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: TribbleSmasher on June 12, 2020, 04:49:32 PM

Only some. And only from the newer sets, e.g. from the A1200.
You can not swap the keys that are smaller or bigger, obviously, like Help, Space, Shift ...

Please look here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/a1200housing/new-compatible-keycaps-for-amiga-computers

Quote

- Content Details
96x Keycaps
Fullset is based on Amiga 1200 original keycaps set.
These keycaps are exact replica of the original keyboard.

12x Extra Keycaps for compatibility
These keycaps solely purpose is to make the fullset compatible with almost all Amiga classic computers keyboards.
Please check the compatibility notice at end of page.

1x Short Space Bar    1x Short Shift Key          1x Alt Key
1x Esc Key                  4x Arrow Keys               1x Del Key
1x Help Key                 1x Big L Return Key      1x Long Shift Key

Adds compatibility to:
Amiga 500 - Amiga 600 - Amiga 2000 - Amiga 3000 - Amiga 4000

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 13, 2020, 03:54:56 AM

a1200.net is a page I have seen before.
I would love to buy a brand new set.

I appreciate the link.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: TribbleSmasher on June 13, 2020, 01:42:58 PM

I've got a few sets myself, they are mostly good quality.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 13, 2020, 05:38:08 PM

How is the cost?
Is it reasonable?

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: TribbleSmasher on June 13, 2020, 06:09:36 PM

It wasn't that expensive IIRC as it was part of some bulk order those days. Of course you still need the keyboard(s) which can be expensive if you donot have a stack of those as well. :o

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 13, 2020, 07:04:37 PM

It is a repair job for one of my a600s. One has a UK keyboard that needs two key caps and the other has a Spanish keyboard that is fine.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on June 29, 2020, 01:37:03 AM

I got the keyboard back together.
It still has some issues, like the period is not working and I am not for sure about the cursor keys.
I think it is the keyboard connector on the mother board.

The Amiga Pi Drive is coming in handy. The floppy drive is not working for some reason.
The other A600 is fine.
I am waiting on some CF and SD card drives.

edit:
I would like to thank jaysretrocomputers on ebay for the help.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on July 06, 2020, 07:37:17 PM

Once my CF-IDE drive comes in the mail box and I get it installed, I will be putting a full working machine up for sale.
I may be very picky as to whom I sell it.

1. Main Unit.
2. Tank Mouse
3. New Power Supply
4. 2.1 Floppy disks.
5. CF-IDE drive

Thanks.

Title: Re: Amiga 600 Keyboard Question
Post by: trekiej on July 24, 2020, 06:09:09 AM

I would like to sell both of my machines.
I have upgraded both with Solid State Drives from Amigakit.
Testing all of the ports would be great.
One has a new power supply and a used tank mouse that works, but the left button is quirky.
The UK keyboard on the other machine needs to be tested further.