Mediapoint Driver
Allows Mediapoint, running on another Amiga, to control the CD32, including
Audio and Video CDs.
Hardware
Added A2000/A3000 keyboard port.
Serial lead is DB25 to RJ10 (telephone) and is easier to remove.
The Communicator Lite 2 doesn't have a keyboard through port, MIDI in/out/thru, or status LEDs.
Q: How do I attach a keyboard to my CD32?
A: IBM keyboards won't function without a custom add-on to translate IBM keycodes to Amiga
keycodes (the SX-1 has this).
Plug in an Amiga keyboard into the CD32's Aux port. Amiga keyboards are all exactly the same inside
but just have a different case or plug on the end of the lead, so you'll probably need an adaptor...
A500/+ Open up the case and build your own lead from the keyboard ribbon to the CD32.
The pinouts are at the end of the FAQ.
A600 Not possible.
A1000 Build your own adaptor from RJ-11 to mini-din. The pinouts are at the end of the
FAQ.
A1200 Not possible.
A2000 Buy an AT to PS/2 keyboard adaptor from any PC clone shop and plug that
inbetween.
A3000 Buy an AT to PS/2 keyboard adaptor from any PC clone shop and plug that
inbetween.
A4000 No adaptor - just plug it in.
CDTV Buy an adaptor - eg. from Almathera or MultiMedia Machine. Or modify the
CDTV keyboard yourself. The pinouts are at the end of the FAQ.
SX-1 Users: Plug in an IBM keyboard into the SX-1's keyboard port. F11 and F12 are used instead of the
Left-Amiga and Right-Amiga keys. Print Screen is used instead of the Help key. If the keyboard seems
to not work, see if there is a switch on the bottom of the keyboard. Try the other position. You may also
experience some sort of 'buffering' problem the first time you press a key after you boot up a CD32/SX1.
My solution was just to press F11 or F12 after the first boot up and that 'clears' that buffering problem so
it doesn't adversely effect the first thing you type.
Other Amiga Users: Create a Parnet or Sernet link (see above) and run PNetKeys. This re-directs all
keyboard and mouse input from an Amiga window down the link to the CD32. You'll have to run a
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