NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/hardware/18927

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Path: sparky!uunet!mdcbbs!sdlhpp1!alanb
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1200 keyboard (A600 owners?)
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From: [e-mail] (Alan Braggins)
Date: 05 Nov 92 09:22:01 GMT
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In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of 4 Nov 92 19:46:48 GMT
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>>>>> On 4 Nov 92 19:46:48 GMT, [e-mail] (Martin Schulze) said:

> [e-mail] writes:
>> Hi.  I got the A1200.gif, and I notice that the A1200 keyboard is
>> different from my A500 by two keys.  The left shift key is shorter than
>> on mine, and there's a new key because of that (left of the 'Z').  And
>> the RETURN key has been shortened; there's a new key at the end of the
>> "ASDFGH" etc. line.
>> Does anyone know what the heck they are?  I assume that they're on the
>> A600 and A4000 keyboards as well.

> Well, I think you've just found the difference between the German and a US-
> Keyboard...

The 500+ also had these keys - the difference between a German and a UK
keyboard is not whether it has the keys, but whether there is anything
printed on them. I would guess the 1200 is the same.
--
     Alan Braggins, [e-mail], [e-mail]
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