Elbox universal A1200 keyboard adaptor

[xeron]

Today I received a brand new Elbox universal keyboard adaptor from Power Computing. (this one). It is supposed to let me use A2000/3000/4000 or PC keyboards with the A1200.

Much to my dismay, it doesn't work with either of the two A2000 keyboards I've tried. When I turn it on, the caps lock light comes on for a second or so, just like it does on my A4000 and A1500. Ctrl+Amiga+Amiga keyboard resets work fine every time, however nothing else works, and the A1200 acts as if the ` charactor (Alt+') is being constantly pressed, so it fills up string gadgets with `. :-x :-x :-x :-(

I'm going to ring Power Computing tomorrow to arrange a replacement, but I'm really disappointed so I thought i'd ask here if anyone has got one of these adaptors and has had a similar problem and fixed it...

[xeron]

Thats very odd, since it is impossible to plug the keyboard socket in the wrong way round, PLUS it did work once (and only once) :-?

[xeron]

1. Have you inserted the KB adapter correctly? All the way down? I think it can be insered the other way around in an incorrect fashion so check if that is OK.

Its very firmly in place. I can only conclude that it is the right way around because the keyboard initialises correctly, and keyboard resets work.

I can't try a PC keyboard because I don't have one with an AT connector, or a converter. Even so, I don't want it to work with a PC keyboard; I paid £40 for the privelige of proper Amiga keys...

*sigh* i guess its just duff and i'll have to send it back. :-(

[xeron]

Probably the board just fried or has bad soldering or something like that.

Possibly. It didn't work first time, though. It didn't work for the first 3 or 4 boots, but then it suddenly worked once. I've booted at least 10 times since and its never worked again :-(

[xeron]

OOooooh... Just on a whim, I bent the ground solder-pin up, thinking it might push the other end more firmly into the shield of the DIN plug. Now its working. Just hope that was actually it and not a coincidence...