a1200 internal keyboard

[Piru]

@_caddy_

Not that I know of.

You could replace the keyboard matrix with that of a A500 keyboard, and then use the A500 keyboard MPU.. Then you'd need only 5 wires, + wires for the leds. This hack requires some soldering to the motherboard though, so unless if you feel comfortable soldering wires to SMC mounted components, don't bother.

[Piru]

but would the 500 keyboard fit the 1200 case - with other stuff inside?

The keyboards are identical, except for the MPU unit on the A500 keyboard right top corner, and that the A500 keyboard doesn't have the ribbon cable the A1200 one has. Also the A1200 keycaps are whiter than the A500 ones.

I solved this by opening the keyboard and replacing the A1200 keyboard matrix (the ribbon is part of it) with the A500 one. I then got nice white keycaps and A500 MPU unit I could wire to my A1200 motherboard.

http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/tmp/keyb_front_1_s.jpg
http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/tmp/keyb_back_s.jpg

I used this to build the external keyboard for my A1200 tower, but certainly it can be used for other purposes aswell (for example if the A1200 original keyboard ribbon cable is damanged and you have spare A500s to take apart...)

[Piru]

@Revener

Are the A500 and A1200 really identical?

Well, physically yes, but if you use the A500 keyboard MPU you get the "advanced" features of the A500 keyboard: Better working multiple keypresses you already mentioned, and also the  immediate reset when CTRL-A-A is hit (instead of the upto 10 sec delayed thingie A1200 has with the normal keyboard). This obviously requires you wire the RST cable properly...