Finalization of Sum A600 development

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Sum A600 development has been completed thereby introducing a new and compact solution that allows connecting USB keyboard devices to Amiga 600 computer.

Sounds like a great product!

Just one question:
Why just support for USB keyboards - why not also support for USB mice with the same device?
Original Amiga mice and even PS/2 mice are also rare nowadays...

Sum adapter enables connecting USB HID keyboards to your Amiga. It has been designed for installation inside A600’s casing. Sum is based upon 16-bit Microchip microcontroller.
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Would it also be possible to make such a device for the A500 series?
I would have use for three A500 compatible devices and one A1200 compatible device...

[Dandy]

Just FYI in case you were not aware:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1259

Thanks for the link - but the last time I bought an off-the-shelf USB/PS2 mouse for use on my Amigas with the Cocolino adapters I could have bought 5 of those off-the-shelf USB/PS2 mice for the price of one of these Classic Boing Ball Mice...
:crazy:

[Dandy]

Because the keyboard controller doesn't handle the mouse.
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Hmmm - I highly doubt that USB keyboards and USB mice connected to an USB host (be it a Deneb/Poseidon like in my case or a SUM like in this discussion) are controlled by the keyboard controller at all...
:confused:

But I also might have gotten it completely wrong...

EDIT:
Then I might be better off with the Anaiis USB stack and an clockport Subway from E3B for my A500s. I have clockports on the Viper520s fitted in my A500s.
This solution seems to offer both - keyboard and mouse support - and even more:

"ANAIIS, acronym for Another Native Amiga IO Interface Stack
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Native because it is all written in C language (some parts are in Assembly).
Amiga because this computer worths this kind of program.
Input/Output because it works for mice, keyboards, thumbs and printers.
Interface because it translates usb transactions into Intuition events.
Stack because this kind of program is called like that.
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ANAIIS controls internaly :
- (9,0,0) alias hub
- (3,1,1) alias keyboard (boot keyboard)
- (3,1,2) alias mouse (boot mouse)

and externaly:
- (7,1,1), (7,1,2) alias printer (uni and bi-directional)
- (8,6,80) alias massstorage (bulk only with embedded scsi commands)
           SATA disk, sticks, keys, thumbs, card readers...
- (3,0,0) vendor=0x044f 1103 product=0xb320 45856 ThrustMaster (joypad with
rumble)
- all external program by using a Sirion like API.
- like pl2303 vendor=0x067b 1659 product=0x2303 8963
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