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- From: wizard@galstar.com (David Templeton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Using PC keyboards/mice on A2000s
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 22:31:18 GMT
- Organization: Galaxy Star - Northeastern Oklahoma Internet
- Message-ID: <1144.6616T720T2814@galstar.com>
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- >Greetings,
-
- >Is it possible to use standard PC keyboards or serial mice on an
- >Amiga such as an A2000 without altering them?
-
- Sure you can build an interface box vice altering the cables
- themselves. There are plenty of hacks on Aminet.
-
-
- >I'm interested in eventually getting a PC keyboard for my A2000, just
- >so I can use the PageUp/PageDown keys. Thanks.
-
- Why? they won't work any better or worse than the same keys on the
- Amiga keyboard. 3 & 9 on my numeric keypad. Plus you will loose your
- CTRL- Amiga-Amiga if you use a PC Keyboard.
-
-
- In other words unless the keys are supported by the keymap their
- useless. Just because it's a PC keyboard and certain keys are mapped
- when you use it on a PC doesn't meen those same keys will function the
- same on the Amiga.
-
- The PC keymap handles the numeric keypad much differently than does
- the Amiga. Ever notice you can't type numbers in using the key pad on
- 99% of PC applications? But it does work 99% of the time on the Amiga.
-
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