Looking for Amiga Parts

[bburgy]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could help me find two items that I need to get two Amiga systems running again.

Basically, I need a keyboard for an Amiga 1000, and an internal floppy drive for an Amiga 500.

I've recently acquired the Amiga 1000 without any extras (just the computer itself), and the 500 has been used daily for several years (and the drive seems to have finally given up the ghost). It would be great if someone could point me somewhere.

Also, I would like to get a monitor for the 1000... any hints on where I can find one for a decent price?

Thanks very much!

[bburgy]

Hi,

Sorry for the late response... been very busy with work lately.

I live in PEI, Canada.

I managed to find an old drive in Australia, on eBay. Though the shipping was a bit much, I should be receiving it soon. It's well worth the cost to have that computer working again!

The Amiga 1000 is an NTSC system.


Cheers!

[bburgy]

Hi, thanks for the tip.

My A1000 came today. Apparently there are no kick start roms included -- anyone have any idea how to create those? I do have an A500 -- can I use the 1.3 kick start that it has in this machine? Now all I need is a keyboard...


As for the A500, I mostly play video games on it now. My father (the computer is located at my parents' place), uses it  everyday for just about everything (aside from surfing the web ).

[bburgy]

Thanks, that's awesome.

From what I see here, it should be possible to construct an adapter for a ps/2 keyboard, to  be able to connect it to the RJ12 socket of the Amiga 1000, right?

The voltages seem to match, and the ps/2 appears to carry sufficient signal lines for the RJ12 connector.

That said, I wonder if the keyboard codes from the ps/2 keyboard will be interpreted correctly by the Amiga?

Do you think any ps/2 keyboard would work, or would I have to stick with Amiga keyboards?

Cheers!