Amiga 1000 Keyboard

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1. Anyone here has ever modified an Amiga 500 keyboard for use on an Amiga 1000?
2. If I connect the 500s CLK, KBDATA, +5V and GND lines to the Amiga 1000s, will the a500 keyboard function on the a1000? Or is the 1000s keyboard controller significantly different, from that of the 500, as to not allow it to function?

1) Yes.
2) The keyboards are 100% compatible, so as long as you wire everything correctly it will work fine.

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amigaksi wrote:
The Amiga 500 keyboard does use a separate RESET line to do it's reset (CTRL-A-A).  Amiga 1000 uses the CLK line for its reset.

I am not sure if I remember correctly, but I think that was only the case with earlier A500 models that had an extra wire (the ones with a red power-on and caps-lock led).

In any case the A500 keyboard can be used with the A2000 as well, and the A2000 keyboard can also be used with the A1000 provided you use the appropriate adapter.