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A1200 as keyboard????
« on: January 10, 2003, 09:52:53 AM »
People, can someone tell me, if I take out my A1200 motherboard to put it in a tower case so I can expand it, can I wire it up so that the A1200 is the keyboard (and perhaps floppy drive?) of the tower unit? I don't want to lose that classic design from my desk!
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2003, 10:13:21 AM »
I can recall a (good) few years ago, Micronik did just that, so its definately possible.

I may be wrong, but I think there were some docs on aminet under hard/hack..

However, as a standard A1200 keyboard has the rollover bug, are you sure this is what you really want? There are a plethora of PC->amiga key adapters for this job, and you can get a PC keyboard for under a tenner, go cordless etc.

Of course, you lose the amiga keys in favour of Windoze (urgh) ones, so I appreciate any reticence to adopt this route  :-)
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2003, 10:53:42 AM »
What the topic first led me to think of was the "dream" I have. To actually use my 1200 as a keyboard for my 4000. The worlds first keyboard with a 320 MB HD and 8 MB RAM. :-) Would be possible using a parallell cable and two tiny programs, I guess...

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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2003, 11:01:11 AM »
You could use Ventriloquist over Envoy!! and the file sharing services of Envoy would let you use the floppy disk. use a Liana parallel cable (think I have one somewhere...)
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2003, 11:34:35 AM »
You can. I did exactly that with my A1200 custom built tower.

I used the keyboard MPU circuit board from a A500 keyboard, and hacked that to my A1200 keyboard. Then I wired the keyboard signals directly to the A1200 motherboard (mobo kayboard hack), +5V and GND are taken from the floppy connector.

Here are some pics of the finished keyboard:
keyb_back_s.jpg
keyb_back_circuit_s.jpg
keyb_front_1_s.jpg

"TimO" sounds like a finnish name to me (sorry if I am mistaken), anyway, if you are a finn, check this  article (in finnish) I wrote to SAKU about my tower hack.
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2003, 11:43:10 AM »
On a slightly different note... does anyone know how to interface an Amiga Keyboard with a PC (I have my reasons). Due to the face that the Amiga has it's controler chip on the Mobo rather than as part of the keyboard , I have thought about getting a Microcontroler (a PIC based BasicStamp or similar) and programming it to turn the Amiga Keyboard key presses into PC serial or PS/2 signals....

Any thoughts?
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2003, 02:19:48 PM »
I guess no one has any ideas then :-D
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2003, 02:33:20 PM »
Actually I have the above mentioned Micronik A1200 keyboard case with included PIC right here.

You're welcome to pay for the postage and have it =). Although if you happen to have an spare IDE harddrive lying about I'd be happy to relieve you of that :-D.

BTW I offered offered this housing a few months ago but then nobody wanted it...
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2003, 02:41:08 PM »
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On a slightly different note... does anyone know how to interface an Amiga Keyboard with a PC

The Catweastle MkIII flipper has a connector for Amiga 2000/4000 keyboards. AFAIK it has the PS/2 form (A4000), but A2000 keyboards can be used with a cheap DIN->PS/2 adaptor.
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2003, 03:01:56 PM »
@tickly:

Would that also allow the usage of A2k/4k keyboards on an A1200?
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2003, 03:38:20 PM »
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2013, 04:45:00 PM »
Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I was wondering if this method could be used to use an A500 as a keyboard for an x1000? It seems envoy is available for OS4 but is it compatible with a system running 3.1?
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2013, 09:36:26 PM »
Quote from: Piru;8230
You can. I did exactly that with my A1200 custom built tower.

I used the keyboard MPU circuit board from a A500 keyboard, and hacked that to my A1200 keyboard. Then I wired the keyboard signals directly to the A1200 motherboard (mobo kayboard hack), +5V and GND are taken from the floppy connector.

Here are some pics of the finished keyboard:
keyb_back_s.jpg
keyb_back_circuit_s.jpg
keyb_front_1_s.jpg

"TimO" sounds like a finnish name to me (sorry if I am mistaken), anyway, if you are a finn, check this  article (in finnish) I wrote to SAKU about my tower hack.


That's a pretty sweet hack there great job
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2013, 09:38:42 PM »
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Actually I have the above mentioned Micronik A1200 keyboard case with included PIC right here.

You're welcome to pay for the postage and have it =). Although if you happen to have an spare IDE harddrive lying about I'd be happy to relieve you of that :-D.

BTW I offered offered this housing a few months ago but then nobody wanted it...


If you still have this I will take it off your hands and pay the postage :)
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Re: A1200 as keyboard????
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2013, 10:00:43 PM »
Quote from: Piru;8230
You can. I did exactly that with my A1200 custom built tower.
Nice work!
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