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Offline DrDekker

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Re: A1200 Keyboard to PS/2 or other interface..
« on: July 15, 2010, 12:55:05 PM »
@ Darrin
 
I'm no expert in this but I think that the USB/PS2 adapter should work with the Keyrah - provided the PS2 keyboard also supports the USB protocol.
 
Perhaps your keyboard is PS2 only?
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Re: A1200 Keyboard to PS/2 or other interface..
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2010, 12:53:48 PM »
Quote from: Darrin;570559
Just to expend on Kolla... :)
 
The Keyrah is a piece of hardware that takes the ribbon from the A1200 keyboard and allows the Amiga keyboard to work on a PC which is really useful for emulation packages like WinUAE (Amiga Forever), Fellow, etc. Best of all, it also has 2 joystick ports built in for attaching your old "Atari" style controllers. If you look a couple of post up you'll see a picture of an open A1200 case (mobo gone) and the Keyrah sitting in the top right-hand corner.
 
From the testing I've done, jamming a PS2 adapter on the end doesn't work and I'm sure I recall Jens (the designer) saying a PS2 adapter wouldn't work. Considering the Keyrah has an On/Off switch I suspect it is a power issue.

Aha!!! (in the style of Alan Partridge)
 
Thanks for the explanation Darrin - now I know. (cue penny dropping - down the grid as usual).
 
So basically, it's the Keyrah that doesn't support the PS2 protocol?
 
But why would anyone want to use a creaky old amiga keyboard instead of a really nice Microsoft/Logitech one?
A1200, M-Tec 1230 @28MHz, FPU, MMU, 8Mb fast ram, SCSI card, 512Mb HD, Power CDROM drive, PS2 optical mouse