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Keyboard issues in Cannon Fodder
« on: September 29, 2016, 10:15:14 AM »
Hi!

I've been playing Cannon Fodder on my A2000, which is every bit as fun as I remember - but I can't seem to make it recognize my keyboard, which is making saving the game impossible.

I've got some new blank 2DD floppies which it will format (after some persuasion - I presume my drives are a little old). But on trying to save, it asks me for a name. I can usually type one character, but then it refuses to let me type any more or proceed. I can exit the save screen and carry on playing, but no keyboard inputs have any noticeable effect - I can't pause or surrender.

I'm using an A2630 with a 68030; I've tried disabling caches in the early startup menu to no avail. I also have an A2091 with a hard drive and CD-RW attached - I'm booting from floppy as I don't have the chip RAM to WHDLoad.

My keyboard works fine in Workbench and other software seems to recognize it as well.

Any help would be most appreciated!
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Re: Keyboard issues in Cannon Fodder
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2016, 12:48:27 PM »
They're original disks, as far as I can tell - from original boxes with their labels silkscreened on.
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Re: Keyboard issues in Cannon Fodder
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2016, 02:44:21 PM »
That's exactly the issue I'm having - is there a way to tell which keyswitches are in my keyboard?

Unfortunately the WHDLoad installer I've found for CF requires more than 1MB chip RAM, which presently is the max I have in my A2000.
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Re: Keyboard issues in Cannon Fodder
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2016, 01:38:47 PM »
Yep - it's an early one with red Amiga keys.
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