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- From: chris@fuchal.demon.co.uk (Chris Appleton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Using PC keyboards/mice on A2000s
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 20:41:56 GMT
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- Hi
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- PDS> Greetings,
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- PDS> Is it possible to use standard PC keyboards or serial mice on an Amiga
- PDS> such as an A2000 without altering them?
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- PDS> I'm interested in eventually getting a PC keyboard for my A2000, just so
- PDS> I can use the PageUp/PageDown keys. Thanks.
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- No is the easy answer. Yes is the more truthful. Using a adaptor box called
- something like Switchhitter it will remap the keys to amiga keys,
- so for example the extra f-keys and page control etc will go to "help", Amiga
- keys etc. I assume the page-up and page-down will only work if the software
- supports them, and if it does it will probably make use of the numeric keypad
- control keys, the writing on the front of the keys. So "Yes, but is it worth
- it" kind of answers your question. The only benifit I can see is being able yo
- use the Natural keyboard, and the dirt cheap clone ones.
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- You can (I think) convert mice, look in aminet/hard/hack for details
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- Chris
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