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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Portable Keyboard for A500?
Message-ID: <20602@cup.portal.com>
Date: 19 Jul 89 09:37:11 GMT
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In article <7329@cbmvax.UUCP>, marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin - CATS) writes:
> 
> cord of sorts.  A friend of mine has connected a 8-pin D connector to
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> his motherboard and uses a "joystick extension" cable to allow him to
> use his keyboard outside of his computer.  He then has his computer
> -- 
> Marc Rifkin -- C. A. T. S.

What he "probably" meant to say was "8-pin DIN connector" like the "TV MOD"
jack on the back of the A1000 into which one can plug either:

1) the Amiga TV Modulator (which, from stories I've been hearing, means I must
  have one of the few ever made; mine has "FCC ID: BR976F-3406" on it along with
  "Lot No. 951T"; made by CBM in Japan, sold in an Amiga-style box emblazoned
  "AMIGA/TV Switch Box/RF Modulator/ RF Cable"; bought mine in Dec. 1985 at the
  local Amiga dealer, HT Electronics in Sunnyvale CA.,
2) an 8-pin DIN plug to bring the audio out to another "target" (e.g. amp,
  monitor, whatever)

Actually, the 8-pin DIN connector isn't too shabby; I've seen these used on a
lot of other items.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]