Damaged A2/3/4000 keyboard

[Bodie_CI5]

Lo wrote:

Na eisai kala, tha dho ti mporo va kano

Humuhumunukunukuoapuaa okole hau malama pono :-D

LOL The Gods must be Crazy!

Sorry man, I was talking abit of Greek there.

Yeah, the C64 keystrokes are shorter, I prefer the feel of the Amiga keyboard moreso than the C64 one. You reckon that any PC repairer would be able to repair it?

[Bodie_CI5]

Well I just tried roughening up both keys a little, cleaned them, but still nothing. Unless I have done something wrong or not adequately, I gather that the circuitry is broke. Looks like I gotta get a new keyboard thingy. But how would that nine-pin connector thing fit on to an A4000 from the A1200 spare keypad as Kronos suggested?

[Cass]

Just to be sure that the green circuitry foil is broke (even though might be repaired), try to exchange the conductive pads with other functioning keys. I know it's a pain in the ### (30 tiny screws on the back of the KB) but you should try this. A quick test of the keys is on the "Early Startup Menu", by pressing one key after another: if the key is OK the mode changes from Pal to NTSC.

You may also find me on GrNET (eu.irc.gr, gr.irc.gr or http://www.irc.gr for more info), #AmigaHellas ;-)
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[Cass]

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Deleted, because it's the same posting as the above...

What happened: I was pressing "submit" the moment the server went down!:-o!
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[Bodie_CI5]

eucharisto file :-D

I should see you there then in the forthcoming days :-) . siga siga ;-)

[manicx]

He he! Greeks ruled the topic! Ki ego patriotis eimai!  :-D  

[Bodie]

manicx wrote:
He he! Greeks ruled the topic! Ki ego patriotis eimai!  :-D  

bravo file, apo pou xetripothikes?! :-D Eisai stin diaspora?

[Kronos]

@Bodie_Cl5

There are basicly 2 kinds of Amiga-KBDs (not counting those on A1000,A2000A and A600).

1)Contacts and KBD-CPU on one PCB, those came with the A2000, A3000 and early A4000.
There is also a version with 2 LEDs which was used in A500(+), another cheap source
for spares.

2) Contact-foils,ending in  a ~20 "pin" foil-plug. Those came with the A1200 and newer
A4000 (only Escom ?). The KBD-CPU is either on the mobo (A1200) or on a small
PCB inside the KBD (A4000). These foils can be changed, but the A1200-version
has a longer "plug", so that might proove a a bit harder.

I also heard of some A500s having a foil-KBD, with the CPU-PCB.

[Bodie]

Thanx Kronos (I hope you realise we are brothers :-D , me and CI5 that is, not me and you :-D ). We know someone with an old A500 who no longer uses it due to some problem, so we may take that apart and butcher what we want from it.

@thread
Thx to all for your comments :-)

[MrZammler]

@Bodie_CI5

Pes mas apo pou to agorases, na pame gia kamia Ellhnikh fasaria oloi mazi ;-)

[Bodie]

MrZammler wrote:
@Bodie_CI5

Pes mas apo pou to agorases, na pame gia kamia Ellhnikh fasaria oloi mazi ;-)

Enas poustis stin agglia :-D , tha ton xeskiso! :-x  :-D

[manicx]

 :lol: There are more Greek Amiga users in foreign forums than they are in Greece. Anyway, it's good to know there are a few of us here and there. I have been trying to find some techies over here to discuss about Amiga h/w repairs but had no luck. I only found the ex-commodore technician and I had to beg to get my A4k for repair.... Still waiting for a battery to replace the existing one (leaked as usual) and fix my audio problem too. Ypomoni!!!