James wrote:
PS2 mouse/keys: Yep.. the more I look at it, I think I'm gonna have to buy these parts as the specs, simple as they must be, don't seem available anywhere. It's a shame really to have to pay 60$ (what my A600hd was on sale for) to get a little PCB with a couple of resistors and an opto or two on it.
PS2m mouse adapterMMKeyboard adapterThey're more than 'a few resisters and an opto or two' as it's not just a matter of rewiring the plugs.
Both require a PIC microcontroller to convert the signals, but if you're upto building either of the above projects, then you'll be able to build your own
PIC programmer for a few quid
A600 keys: Awwwh! Damn Amiga for this! They were always changing a little this and that between models, never could agree on something standard. I'm pretty sure the 1200 keys can be hooked up to the 600's port with some tweaking. I'll check if I can find info on the pinouts and I'll remove that horrible ribbon and replace it with an HD-style ribbon cable and connectors. Im sure the pinouts are pretty much the same and only size/placement differs between the two. I sure hope so at least.
You could get an A500 keyboard controller PCB, plug the A1200 keyboard into that, and then wire the output of the controller to the A600's keyboard controller.
Or simpler still, use the keyboard off an A2000/A3000 or A4000 (see the MMKeyboard adapter archive for details)
