amiga 500 keyboard on amiga cd32

[Seob]

So I took the keyboard out of one of my spare amiga 500's and hacked it so I can use it on my amiga cd32. Used this manual http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/cd32key.html. It's not very difficult, but one word of advice, buy a 5 pin din to solder the cable on to, then use a 5 pin din to ps/2 converter. That makes soldering a lot easier. I used a ps/2 plug and that's just to small to get a nice solder joint.

Next thing to do make a case for the keyboard, because now I only have the circuitboard with keys.

[Cammy]

I guess you could keep the keyboard inside the A500 case, maybe cut off everything behind the C= badge and fill it in. Then paint it dark grey to match the CD32!

[Seob]

I was thinking the same, have to see if I can get it cut off nice, since my cutting skills isn't on par with my soldering skills. Thqnks for the tip.

[Rybags]

I bought a spare A500 keyboard years ago for that purpose, but I've barely touched my CD32 even though I've got about 10 Gig worth of CD images for it.