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From: monty@sagpd1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Keyboard options for 1000?
Keywords: keyboard, replacement, ghost keys
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.164002.3392@sagpd1>
Date: 20 Feb 91 16:40:02 GMT
References: <shaver.667009495@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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In article <shaver.667009495@convex.convex.com> shaver@convex.com (Dave Shaver) writes:
>misuse by the previous owner.  Who makes keyboards for the 1000?  Is my
>only option to buy a Commodore keyboard?  I'm not all that happy with
>the 1000 keyboard anyway, so the more a replacement keyboard's layout
>matches a true vt100 the better.  Cost estimates would also be
>appreciated.

    Call Northgate Keyboards at 1-800-526-2446 and order an omni-key.
    They did have two Amiga compatible keyboards available. One was $69 plus
    shipping and the other was $119 plus shipping. I have been using one for 
    about 3 months and think it is the greatest. This keyboard is also
    XT/AT compatible. They were going to discontinue one of them (The $69
    dollar one naturally) so it only had a one Year warranty. I am typing this
    from work on an XT and I can't find the spec sheets on the OMNI-KEY
    that I had so I don't remember the model name exactlly ( a little help here
    fellow netters). The biggest difference between the two was the more
    expensive one had a second set of function keys across the top which
    were equivalent to shifted function keys (shift-F1, i.e.). Oh yes there
    are 12 function keys. There is an additional charge for a package of
    "Amiga" keycaps to change them to match Amiga functions. The package is
    $14 unless you can swing a deal with customer service.

    One other detail: you need to buy/build an adapter as the keyboard has
    an A2000/A3000 style connector. There is no electronics involved to 
    connect to an A1000 just wires to different style connectors. I have an
    A1000 and it works fine.

    Hope this helps,
    Monty Saine