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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: leirbag28 on February 22, 2008, 01:22:16 PM
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Wonder why no one has thought of this.
But there must be a way to create a FUNCTION key on the A600 to turn the normal numbers into a NUMERIC keypad just like on a Laptop, along with some software to let you choose which key you want to use as the FUNTION key (perhaps the most useless key or a key combination)
If its a hardware hack, it should allow it to work in games such as F/A 18 Simulator to change the airial views.
get to hacking! :-)
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There are these:
http://aminet.net/search?query=numeric+600
Doubt they work with hardware unfriendly software - though I wouldn't have thought any software solution would.
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moto
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would it be worthwhile? I think it'd be quite a hassle to make it. It needs a thingy between the mobo and keyboard..
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leirbag28 wrote:
Wonder why no one has thought of this.
I wonder why C= never did it. All laptops, even then, had such hardware.
leirbag28 wrote:
If its a hardware hack, it should allow it to work in games such as F/A 18 Simulator to change the airial views.
If that what you want this for, would it not be easier to ask Wepl or JOTD of WHDLoad to incorporate a key-remapping into that WHDload slave?
That would be cleaner and easier than any hardware hack.
I maybe underestimating the work, but I would imagine it would be a short job (especially for JOTD the author of that slave) to hack in the remapping.
Perhaps such a function could even be incorporated into the core of WHDload and work for all existing slaves?
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@alexh
That would be a great idea!
it must be possible.