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From: cullip@sargent.cs.unc.edu (Timothy Cullip)
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Subject: A1000 Keyboard used on an A500
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Date: 8 Mar 91 14:52:24 GMT
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Has anyone tried to connect an A1000 keyboard to an A500?

I have taken my A500 apart and plan to put the system in a 
smaller box with a detached keyboard.  I figure I can either
use the A500's keyboard (but I would need to find or make a 
case for it) or use my old A1000 keyboard.

Both keyboards have +5v, gnd, KBCLOCK, and KBDATA lines.
The A500 also has a KBRESET and Disk Access lines, and a
couple of other pins I don't understand.

Are the KBCLOCK and KBDATA lines of the two compatable?

Does a CTRL,AMIGA,AMIGA 3 finger reset work the same way
for both machines, or does this 3 key sequence cause the
A500's KBRESET line to go active (which the A1000 doesn't 
have; it instead seems to drive the KCLK line low for the
duration).

Anyways, if anyone has tried this (successfully, or not) I'd
like to hear from you.  I don't really want to cook the A500 
or the A1000's keyboard by blindly experimenting.

-- 

   Tim Cullip
   cullip@cs.unc.edu