[comp.sys.amiga.misc] IBM keyboard for A500?

ee_k513@titan.kingston.ac.uk (06/18/91)

	After all this talk with getting IBM keyboards on Amigas
	i wondered if anyone know if it was possible to connect
	one to an A500 !? If anyone has ever done this , or knows
	how to do it, would much appreciate the information.
						thanks,
							Chris.

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arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) (06/19/91)

Knew once of a company that offered a detatchable keyboard for the A500... It
rquired you voiding the warranty, however, since it involved removing the
faceplate from the casing, and unplugging the keyboard connector/bus.

What it did was, replace your existing keyboard (when detatched, it looks very
naked and stipped, no casing.. just a platform with a hundred keys mounted on
it) with one encased in a nice plastic mold, and gave you a plate to slip
under the shell of your Amiga, to replace the bald-spot where your old
keyboard used to be. Not a bad idea. Given a couple days or so, I could make
one..

The new keyboard was detatchable, sure, with no compatibility problems. Check
s0ome back issues of .Info, they have something on it from last year, me
thinks..

Might be made by the same company that makes all the big stuff in Germany..

Arc

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