Commodore Amiga A500 - Page 8

EXTRA KEYS ON THE
Both the Amiga 2000 and 500 feature 94-key keyboards, as com-
KEYBOARD
pared to the A1 000's 89-key keyboard. (The European versions of
the keyboards have
96 keys.) The new keys are all located on the nu-
meric
keypad, and include:
KEY
SCAN CODE
Left parentheses
( $5A
Right parentheses 1 $5B
Slash
I $5C
Asterisk
* $5D
Plus
+ $5E
In PC mode on the Amiga 2000 (using a Bridgeboard), these keys
assume typical PC functions, including Number lock (left parenthe-
sis), Print screen (asterisk) and Scroll lock (right parenthesis).
On some keyboards, the left Amiga key has been replaced by the
Commodore key. This key performs identically in either case.
RAW KEY CODES ON
Keyboard Layout Showing Raw Key Codes
THEKEYBOARD
Figure 1 .l Key Codes
Note: On the U.S. keyboard, the keys with codes 44 and 60 are
extended to include the European keys with codes
2B and 30.
respectively. Also note that England uses the U.S. rather than
the European keyboard, but not the U.S.
keymap.
See Table 1 - 1 at the end of this section for a table of the raw key
codes.