Maker of the excellent Checkmate A1500 Steve Jones announces an Amiga keyboard project:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEihpQpbpw

@gryfon

Great work.

I was watching some of Steve's videos about AROS last night on YT, then I watched a video of AROS 68K on Vampire. I thought from that video that 68k JIT was built into AROS now but it seems that is still not available on x86.

Would make AROS a really serious competitor if that was included.

Maybe I might try AROS 68k in WinUAE and maybe even on my A1200!

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@gryfon

i am happy with my Checkmate 1500.
It is the case for the Sam460cr. Looks very nice.
Steve succes with your keyboard .

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@DBAlex

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I thought from that video that 68k JIT was built into AROS now but it seems that is still not available on x86. Would make AROS a really serious competitor if that was included.

There is a FS-UAE Version with JIT for AROS x86, If it is there depends on the distribution or on the software the the user installed.

https://fs-uae.net/docs/jit-compiler

Amiga USB keyboard? Is it a PC KB with 2 Amiga keys?

@OneTimer1

Thanks. But I take it you still can't just launch a 68K app from AROS like you can in MorphOS/OS4? It would have to run it FS-UAE right?

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@DBAlex

You need to use UAE to run Amiga 68k code in Aros x86/64. Michal Shulz is working on a 68k JIT for AROS on ARM since ARM can operate in big endian mode like 68k and PPC whereas x86/64 operates in little endian mode. I don't know if AROS on Arm has interpreted 68k emulation if if Michal decided to go straight for JIT.

I've read that MorphOS X64 will be able to run PPC and 68k binaries but I don't know if this is correct and how it will work and what speed penalties might be incurred. I guess Bigfoot would be able to answer those questions since he seems to be the driving force behind MorphOS development at the moment.

For more than 20 years I have been pining for proper modern Amiga keyboards with Amiga layouts, USB and otherwise, and now suddenly there are a handful of such projects... next up someone will implement IPv6 capable IP stack? The end must be near.

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After checking the mini mechanical keyboards with Amiga layout from Steve on Amiga 34 I went hunting for my MorphOS setup something similar and I couldn't find any option to fully match my needs.

On a perfect condition I would opt for a 105 keys mechanical with RGB light switch (not software controlled) with white / beige keys on a white keyboard case with reversed shaped L enter key on a 110 - 130 euros price tag. Dedicated multimedia keys could be a plus but not a requirement.

Well, if it matched all conditions perhaps I could consider paying a little more but L shaped enter and white kb case seems next to impossible to find (let alone combined with RGB switch on keyboard).

Even WASD keyboards which offer high customization, can't do that (plus their price tag is extremely high to be honest).

If anyone could make / outsource something similar, I would definitely buy it in a heartbeat.

And while we are at it, a Tank mouse with wheel support would be cool as well :)

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@Thread

While we are on the subject of 'Amigafying' PC keyboards; what is the general remapping convention on Classic 'miggy machines in particular the Terrible Fire / SX32 CD32 expansions in regards to mapping the Help key onto a PC keyboard attached?

I think it's Print Screen normally but I'm not sure if this varies depending on expansion/adaptor?

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@Thread

... plus is there an easy way to test this? What is the most common use of the Help key outside of flight sim controls? Does it bring AmigaGuide material up under some programs?

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@AP

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Is there an ignore-option on this site?

There is, but it is left to the reader as an exercise, as they say.

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@BigD

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I think it's Print Screen normally

AFAIK the Amiga Help key is mapped to the Scroll Lock key on a PC keyboard.

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What is the most common use of the Help key outside of flight sim controls? Does it bring AmigaGuide material up under some programs?

Yes but the implementation depends on the programmer. Help is indeed a logical keyboard shortcut to bring up documentation material.

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@bison

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bison wrote: There is, but it is left to the reader as an exercise, as they say.

Ok, I see...

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You can try pressing HELP with focus on a Workbench window while SnoopDOS is running...

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BigD wrote: ... plus is there an easy way to test this?

Press the help key in programs that support it.

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What is the most common use of the Help key outside of flight sim controls? Does it bring AmigaGuide material up under some programs?

Pressing the help key brings up an AmigaGuide document in several programs. Menu Help allows to hold the right mouse button over a menu item and then press the help key to bring up help for that menu item. Later AmigaOS Workbench versions supported this but the guide was missing. I made a Workbench guide, with menu help, which was included in the now defunct unofficial boing bag project for AmigaOS 3.9. If you installed this, maybe it works now.

Hint:
Program AmigaGuides are in something like LOCALE:Help/... or HELP:.... Sorry, I haven't turned on an Amiga in probably over a year now. RIP Amiga. Even the technology it had is being forgotten today.