JIM PIERCE <JMPIERCE%USMCP6.BITNET@vm.tcs.tulane.edu> (08/29/90)
I've seen several magazine discussions about A2000 keyboard on an A1000. There is supposed to be an adapter that the A2000 kybd pulgs into and then the adapter plugs into the A1000 kybd port. It is 'probably' under $45.00. I am not certain, but that price seems about right. Of course, any mistakes will be disavowed by the person in charge. I'm definitely _not_ in charge. Bye forever. * <JMPIERCE@USMCP6.BITNET> Jim Pierce at Univ. of Southern Mississippi * Disclaimer: 'Documentation? There's no documentation for Bitnet.'
xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (TZENG, NIGEL) (08/29/90)
In article <28717@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, JMPIERCE%USMCP6.BITNET@vm.tcs.tulane.edu (JIM PIERCE) writes... > > I've seen several magazine discussions about A2000 keyboard on an A1000. >There is supposed to be an adapter that the A2000 kybd pulgs into and then >the adapter plugs into the A1000 kybd port. It is 'probably' under $45.00. >I am not certain, but that price seems about right. Of course, any >mistakes will be disavowed by the person in charge. I'm definitely >_not_ in charge. Bye forever. When I picked up my A1000 (with A2000 keyboard) the converter cost about $15. Looking at it I'd guess it's worth about $5 (depending on the cost of the din connector and the phone type connector). There was a post here a few months back on the pin outs that I will try to find. If I didn't save it I can go to my parents house and look at it (That wouldn't be for a month or so). Parts should be available at Radio Shack and the assembly trivial. I bought the little doohicky because I didn't have the pin configuration and wanted to give the machine to my dad before they moved. > > >* <JMPIERCE@USMCP6.BITNET> Jim Pierce at Univ. of Southern Mississippi >* Disclaimer: 'Documentation? There's no documentation for Bitnet.' Nigel Tzeng --- You have reached a non-working sig...please check your file path and try again.
jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) (09/02/90)
xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (TZENG, NIGEL) writes: >JMPIERCE%USMCP6.BITNET@vm.tcs.tulane.edu (JIM PIERCE) writes... >> I've seen several magazine discussions about A2000 keyboard on an A1000. >There was a post here a few months >back on the pin outs that I will try to find. If I didn't save it I can go >to my parents house and look at it (That wouldn't be for a month or so). Haven't had a chance to try this yet, but I did save the article. Looks pretty easy. | From: davidc@pyr.gatech.EDU (DAVID CARTER) | Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga | Subject: Adaptor to use 2000 keyboard on 1000 (here's how) | Date: 13 May 90 05:42:24 GMT | | The usual disclaimers about voiding warranties and "It's not my fault if you | torch your Amiga (or keyboard)" apply here. | | This is a VERY easy project. The parts should cost about $6, and no more | than $10 even if you include a small box. | | The parts are: a 5-pin DIN socket (2000 keyboard plugs into this) and a | piece of 4-conductor modular telephone cable with a "4-4" modular handset | plug at one end. | | There is one aspect that makes it potentially dangerous (to your keyboard, | at least): | | If for whatever reason you get the modular plug backwards, you will | be reversing the +5v and ground connections going to the keyboard! | | Using a cable with a modular plug at one end and bare wires at the other | (which you solder to the 5 pin DIN socket) will prevent you (or anyone | else) from ever substituting another modular cable that might be wired | backwards. | | | Here are the pin assignments for the connectors: | | The 2000's Keyboard Plug is a male 5 pin DIN connector. The diagram here is | looking at the solder side (back) of the female part -- what you'll have to | buy to plug the keyboard into. On mine, the numbers are written on the | plastic on the back, next to each pin. | | 2 | 5 4 Female 5-pin DIN socket, | 3 1 looking at rear (solder pins) | | 6 | | Pin Signal Description | --- ------ ----------- | 1 KBCLK Keyboard Clock | 2 KBDATA Keyboard Data | 3 NC Not Connected | 4 GND ground | 5 +5v +5 volt power | 6 SHIELD shield (coiled cable and keyboard metal chassis) | | | To determine the pin assignments for the 1000, prepare the modular cable: | Plug on one end, stripped leads at the other end, ready to be soldered onto | the DIN socket. Arrange the loose ends flat; that is, in exactly the same | order right-to-left as they go into the modular plug. You can look through | the clear plastic of a modular plug at the wire colors to check the order. | | Plug this cable into the 1000, make sure none of the wires are touching | anything, and power on the computer. Determine the polarity of the | voltage across the OUTER two wires. One wire is ground, the other is +5 | volts. When you know which is which, you'll also know the assignments | of the two middle wires: | | KBCLK is the wire next to +5, and KBDATA is the one nearest Ground. | | So the modular cable will look like this (possibly upside down): | | +5 KBCLK KBDATA Ground | | Connect each of these to the respective pin on the DIN socket. You might | also want to wire the socket's shield pin to a shield connection somewhere | on the Amiga. | | That's it. If you have any questions, be sure to use the "reply-to" | address (also listed below). | | | David Carter | uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gtnetdc | Internet: gtnetdc@prism.gatech.edu | -- Jim Wright jwright@quonset.cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (09/04/90)
In-Reply-To: message from jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Speaking of keyboards, does anyone know about the NorthGate keyboard that is supposedly an Amiga2x00 pl-in? Anyone using one? I've got an IFF that shows how to convert an A2000 keyboard to work with an A1000, and I'm planning on getting one of the many "keyboardless" A1000s that are floating around out there to set next to my A3000-25/50 for 68000 compatibility. I'll loose the garage, and I kinda liked the original keyboard, but whatever works... Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they | weave a paradise for RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\