Amiga CDTV keyboard with A4000

[Phantom]

I want to use a black keyboard with my Amiga, so the only Amiga black keyboard is the CDTV one. Can I use it at once, or I need an adapter or something?

[keropi]

use it with what amiga? your A1200?

[skurk]

keropi wrote:
use it with what amiga? your A1200?
It reads the subject or else it gets the hose again! ;-)

[Phantom]

@ Keropi

I said, A4000. Don't look at this signature :-P

[keropi]

oh, it will work just fine then... if the CDTV keyboard has the bigger AT connector, just get an AT->PS2 adaptor and it will work...

[Phantom]

I think the CDTV keyboard it's PS2, so it's ok.

[fiat1100d]

The CDTV one is mini DIN but has different pinout!
CDTV tech info (http://www.l8r.net/technical/cdtv-technical.html)

[alexh]

The CDTV keyboard does not work with A4000 without modification.

To get a black keyboard, you can simply change the wire to one from an A3000/A4000 keyboard. They have the same connectors inside the keyboard.

Unscrew the keyboards. Make a note of connector orientation (they might be keyed I cannot remember). Unplug cables, swap them over. Downside: the cable will not be black.

Alternatively you could re-wire the connector inside the cdtv keyboard. The connector is crimped so it may need a bit of effort to remove and re-wire.

[keropi]

wow... did not knew cdtv had a different pinout!

[alexh]

I would like a spare CDTV keyboard then I can make a black A1200 ;-)

[pyrre]

How about this (http://cgi.ebay.de/Amiga-CDTV-Tastatur-auf-A2000-3000-Adapterkabel-80cm_W0QQitemZ140198453112QQihZ004QQcategoryZ8153Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) cable. And an adapter to use A2000 keyboard on the A4000....

[rkauer]

Why not take a black keyboard cable with the right conector and use it into the keyboard you want?

I use to fix broken keyb. cables this way. Just take a dead keyboard with the connector and color of your preference and carefully re-wire it.

[amigaksi]

I got a CD1221 (CDTV) black keyboard with my Amiga 4000 and it worked fine with the Amiga 4000 w/o modifications. Perhaps, some were made for the Amiga 4000/CD32s although the sticker and model numbers were the same as that of CDTV.