Connecting a I*M keyboard to an Amiga 500

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From: mohrc
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 03:17

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I need some help. I have an amiga 500 that i want to put an external keyboard
on. I have gotten my hands on a nice IBM clone keyboard (extended) that is
perfect for it. What i need to know is if anyone has ever done this before
and how? It will not work as a straight hookup as i tried the keyboard in a
friends 2000 and it printed the wrong chars and some repetitve (it was printing
alot of 8's as soon as i open a cli). what i would like to do is find out what
wiring and or componets i may need then i want to make an external keyboard
jack on the side of the 500 that the drive is on and if possible include a 
switch to shutoff my built in keyboard when using the external (yes i want to
keep the original keyboard in place) keyboard. If someone has done  this or
knows how please E-Mail me as i dont read alot of these tech groups. I KNOW
that an IBM keyboard CAN be used in a 500 because several companys sell adapters
but the cheapest one i have seen is around $50 and i dont want to pay that much 
for what is probably $10 worth of parts.

please E-Mail your reply I can summerize any i receive.

mohrc@jacobs.cs.orst.edu

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