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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Megaball on December 01, 2007, 10:28:26 PM
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Ok, there's no real way to explain this easily, but here goes...
During the night, blasted out of my skull, I wanted to get my old A1000 up and running, only to discover that I have no cord for the keyboard, and that the mouse is missing a trackball. The mouse is no prob - gonna buy a new one, but I really don't feel like spending $80 on a new keyboard. So, the chemicals eventually got the better of me and I whipped out my trusty soldering Iron, which always means bad news,
To make a long story short, my Amiga is now lacking a keyboard port, but has 4 very long wires sticking out of it in its place. From what I can piece together from memory, I got the keyboard to do a hard reset, and some wires sparked, but I have no idea which.
Anyone got a wiring diagram?
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If you're thinking about doing some soldering then I have to warn you; each model have it's own plug configuration. There's no such thing as an Amiga keyboard interface pinout; nearly every model have it's own pin configuration (identical socket).
Which is a lesson I learned the hard way...
So make sure what you're looking at is the pin conf for the A1000 and not some other model(!).
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AFAIR you could've used a simple telephone handset cord.
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A1000 Schematics and Repair Manual (http://4x4.hopto.org/)