Editing Commodore Amiga (section)

==Common features of Amiga keyboards==
* What makes the Amiga keyboard layout stand out the most are the two '''''[[Amiga key|A]]'''''[[Amiga key|miga key]]s at each end of the [[space bar]]. The right is used for command shortcuts and the left for the windowing-system.

* ANSI Amiga keyboards have a backwards-L ("Big-Ass") [[Return key|Return key]] where as ISO keyboards have a vertical Return key. Compared to PC keyboards, ISO has not one but two additional keys: one next to left Shift and one next to a vertical Return key. All variations have a small [[Backspace key]].

* The layout has both a [[Control key|Ctrl key]] and a [[Caps Lock]] key to the left of 'A' on the home row. Unlike the PC the (only) Ctrl key is seldom used in GUI based programs and is used mainly in terminal emulators, the command console and ''Micro Emacs'' which was included.

* The [[Caps Lock]] key has a LED in it to indicate Caps mode. This is the only keyboard LED. On computers with LEDs in the top/right corner or on the right near the keyboard, those LEDs are actually for power and FDD and (on Amiga 600 and 1200) HDD activity, and are on separate circuits.

* There are Cursor keys, with [[Delete key|Del]] and [[Help key|Help]] keys above them. Shift+''cursor'' is used to move the cursor to beginning of line, end of line, page up and page down, so special navigation keys for those tasks are not needed. Text selection using the keyboard is typically modal, initiated with the key combination ''Amiga''-B and ended with ''Amiga''-X (Cut) or ''Amiga''-C (Copy).

* There are two [[Alt key|Alt]] keys, both functioning as second-level ''Shift'' (like the [[Alt Gr key|Alt Gr]] key on PC, or the [[Option key|Option]] key on Macintosh), on the bottom left and bottom right corners of the main typing area.

* [[Escape key|Esc]] key and ten [[function key]]s.

* All Amiga keyboards except the one in the [[Commodore Amiga 600|Amiga 600]] have a [[numeric keypad]]. Starting with the [[Commodore Amiga 2000|Amiga 2000]], the numpad also has '''+''', '''*''', '''/''', as well as left and right brackets. The added keys, different layout and side printed legends make it more compatible with the layout in the common [[IBM Enhanced  Keyboard]], which was relevant for PC emulation.

* Only [[Commodore Amiga 2000#Cherry_versions|Cherry-made Amiga 2000 keyboards]] have diodes for [[N-key rollover]]. The others have the same [http://amigadev.elowar.com/read/ADCD_2.1/Hardware_Manual_guide/node017A.html keyboard matrix, published in the ''Amiga Hardware Reference Manual''] so that software developers would be able to design around [[Rollover,_blocking_and_ghosting#Blocking|blocking key]] combinations.<ref name="elowaradcd_limitations">AmigaOS 3.5 Developer Docs — Amiga Hardware Reference Manual: Interface hardware: The Keyboard: 
[http://amigadev.elowar.com/read/ADCD_2.1/Hardware_Manual_guide/node019E.html Limitations of the Keyboard]. Retrieved 2018-04-18.</ref> (The seven modifier keys are outside the matrix, each with a dedicated line).