mdl@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Michael D Landis) (03/10/89)
Has anybody ever thought about the prospect of making the keyboard in the Amiga 500 detatched? I was thinking about removing it from the main unit and connecting it, via 8-wire ribbon cabling, to the main unit, with a cable of just a few feet in length. I could then cover the hole left in the 500 case with a metal sheet to block RF interference. Then, I could build a simple housing for the keyboard, and, walla! My space problems at my desk, caused by the awkward housing of the 500, would be solved. I could even leave it sideways so I can get to the disk drive more easily. Does this seem unusually dangerous to anybody? Has anyone tried it? or is there something tricky I must keep in mind? I would greatly appretiate any knowledgeable information. Thanks! Mike Landis - mdl@cs.duke.edu Mike Landis, Dept. of Computer Science, Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27706 ARPA: mdl@cs.duke.edu CSNET: mdl@duke UUCP: decvax!duke!mdl
kodiak@amiga.UUCP (Robert R. Burns) (03/14/89)
In article ... (Michael D Landis) writes: )Has anybody ever thought about the prospect of making the keyboard )in the Amiga 500 detatched? My A500 keyboard sits in a modified A2000 keyboard case (w/ holes for the LEDs). I had to trim a little metal from the 500 keyboard to get it to close. I connected it w/ 8 ribbon cable. It works fine, except that the return key is broken. Maybe that's because it's fallen off the desk several times -- I put the keyboard on piles I'd never trust to put the 500 on. Naturally, 1. I have special access to A2000 keyboard cases, and 2. You must be responsible for FCC, safety, and warrenty considerations, but then I see from your posting you understand that. -- Bob Burns, amiga!kodiak _ Happy Naw Ruz! | /_ _|. _ | Commodore __ |_) _ |_ _ )' (Happy New Year, |<(_)(_)|(_\|< /\ | ||| _` /\ |_)(_\| )(_\ | March 21 on the | \ Software ___/..\|\/|||__|/..\___ Faith Baha'i calendar)