Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Somewhere I saw mention of an adaptor to make somebodies AT keyboard clones
work on an amiga.  So maybe you could go the other way and use an AT
keyboard on both.

I don't recall if I saw this here or in one of the rags.

	Paul

    The ad was in a recent AmigaWorld.  Basically, connector and box that
    converted PC keyboard scancodes into Amiga codes so that you could
    use a pc clone keyboard on your amiga.
    
    If I remember right, the Memory Location in Wellesley had one on their
    shelves a few weeks ago.
    
    dennis
    

My problem is that I want to go the other way, Amiga -> IBM, and I'm not
a hardware engineer.

It sounded like you just wanted one keyboard.  What difference which
keyboard it is, as long as it has enough keys?

	Paul

    Let's see, should I use the brand new 3000 keyboard belonging to my $5000+
    computer which is also the computer that I do 100% of my work on and
    has the ctrl key (and others) in the correct position, or the used IBM
    (yech) AT keyboard belonging to the $200 system I'll be keeping in the
    closet? Let's see; Amiga? IBM? Amiga? Tough choice ;-)
    
    Remember; I'm only getting it to handle my voice phone line (the best
    use for an IBM PC is as a dedicated piece of automated equipment rather
    than as a computer ;-). I just thought I'd like to eliminate the need for
    the AT keyboard as a matter of convience.
    
    I'm sure this can be done.
    
    
    Keith

    Quality shouldn't be an issue given the variety of PC keyboards you 
    can get these days.  I've even seen one in the JDR catalog with a 
    built in calculator.  They're all under $100, most under $70.
    
    What I would wonder about is whether the PC keyboard has all of 
    the functions of the Amiga keyboard and whether I could adapt to 
    it.  The review of the keyboard adapter (don't recall the name, 
    starts with K) that I read in AW said that all of the Amiga keys 
    were mapped to the PC keyboard and that people who the author 
    asked to try it out said that they could get used to the
    different layout (just as we get used to the mapping of the VT 
    keys to the Amiga layout).
    
    JDR also had an interesting A/B box that switched the keyboard 
    and the monitor at the same time.  Looks like it was made for 
    people who had one monitor and one keyboard and two machines.
    
    - Cliff

    
    Re: -.1 Thanks; I'll Check into that device (I was going to make one,
    perhaps I'll just get that one and/or modify it). 
    
    I'm still a bit concerned though. I don't have pinouts for the
    Amiga KB or the AT KB, so I'm not excited about just plugging it
    in without knowing if it will blow up my KB or not. I've heard
    that the devices that allow an AT keyboard to work on the Amiga
    are more than just cross-wiring.
    
    I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this.
    
    Keith
    
    
    [Re: -.*  Please; could we stick to the topic? I don't want to debate the
    pros and cons of preferring one keyboard over another. Whether you agree
    or not, I would like to use the Amiga keyboard on the AT, and the reason I
    posted this topic was to check into how to do this and get a solution.]
    

    
    	Keith --
    
    	Did you ever get a resolution on the A2000/3000 keyboard -> IBM PC?
    
    	I am also interested in this configuration and am curious if you
    	ever found an adapter that could translate the scancodes...
    
    	-- Steve