Amstrad PC1640HD20

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_look.ca>
Date: Tue Jan 9 10:39:20 2001

>
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 00:46:17 -0500 Lawrence Walker
> <lgwalker_at_look.ca> wrote:
> > Found an Amstrad PC1640HD20 but unfortunately no K-B.
> > This is like an IBM 2011/2021 with the PSU in the monitor case.
> > Luckily I did get the monitor and it does power up. I understand the
> > K-B is proprietory however.
>
> I thought the keyboard was a standard IBM XT-compatible?
>
> Note that the XT keyboard is not the same as the "modern"
> AT keyboard. The XT had no caps-lock lights, for instance.
> And the interface protocol was subtly different, even
> though it used the same 5-pin DIN plug. You may be able to
> find old PC keyboards with an AT/XT switch on the bottom.
> If you can, select XT and try it!
>
> --
> John Honniball
> Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
> University of the West of England
>
>
 Nope. I have about a 1/2 dozen of the IBM PC/XT K-Bs. Those
hefty beasts are my favorite k-b. Also a couple of the XT/AT switch
type. This Amstrad does have a 5-pin DIN, but the pins are
arranged differently than on the PC.

ciao larry
 


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