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Need New Amiga Keyboard

    25-May-94 15:00:45
Fm: Bill Goelkel 71725,455
To: Mike Schiller 76416,3065
>> Is your 102 one of the newer style ones, or an older style one? I dunno. Just got it a week ago from a dealer, but it looks more like your description of an older one. The only switch I see is an A/X (for AT / XT) slide switch on the back. It has no connectors, cable is permanently attached. Otherwise, same case as my Plus. However, my Plus is an early prototype (3/89), so may not be the same case as the real Plus. Serial number (if that's what it is) on the new keyboard is lower. My Plus has a mini push button on the back, which maybe corresponds to your Ultra's reset button, and detachable cable with male 6-pin mini-DIN (like PS/2) on keyboard end, with 1 pin bent down so it doesn't make contact. It only has one set of F-keys (on the left). I'm calling the extra connectors Macs because that's how they're labeled on the circuit board inside. I'd be surprised if it supports Mac or Amiga. I had bought an earlier model Northgate keyboard. It had a ROM bug that sent the wrong scan codes for certain 3-key combinations. They replaced it with the prototype, since all their production keyboards at the time (early 1989) had the same ROM.