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{{stub}} {{infobox dkeyboard | name = Amiga 600 keyboard | image name = | pn = | fcc = | branding = [[Commodore Amiga]] | manufacturer = [[Mitsumi]], [[NMB]] | features = | switch = [[Mitsumi hybrid switch]]<br>[[NMB dome with slider]] | layouts = | interface = | weight = | years = 1992-1994 | price = n/a (included with system) }} The '''Commodore Amiga 600''' was a home computer, intended as a cost-reduced successor to the [[Commodore Amiga 500|Amiga 500+]], with only modest hardware improvements. ==Layout== The Amiga 600's keyboard has a more compact layout than other [[Commodore Amiga|Amiga]] keyboards, by omitting the numeric keypad. The cursor keys and the '''Help''' and '''Del''' keys have been moved left and the '''Esc''' key is 1.25 units wide. There are variants with [[Return_key#Backwards_L-shaped|Backwards-L]] and [[Return_key#ISO_and_JIS|ISO]] Return keys, but the ISO seems more common. Some examples with ISO Return key have blank keys where the Backwards-L variant have none. Like the [[Commodore Amiga 1200|Amiga 1200]], the keyboard has a ribbon cable to a controller on the motherboard, thus making external keyboard mods difficult. The keyboard matrix is the same as other Amiga keyboards except that the numeric keypad has been omitted. ==Variants== Most examples are believed to have mostly linear [[Mitsumi hybrid switch]]es<ref>Eski Bilgisayarlarım — [http://bilgisayarlarim.com/Amiga/600/ Amiga 600]</ref> as is common with most Amiga keyboards though at last one sample has been found using what appears to be a variant of [[NMB dome with slider]], this time with the discrete domes not glued to the membrane sheet.<ref>ExRetro.com — [http://www.exretro.com/galleries/commodore/amiga/Keyboards/A600/index.html Disassembly of an A600 keyboard, UK model]</ref> ==Availability== The original keyboards came integrated into the computer. ===Mechanical replacement=== * aeberbach has a [https://github.com/aeberbach/A600KB A600KB] project files on Github, under a MIT license. ==See also== Other Amiga computers with integrated keyboards: * [[Commodore Amiga 500]] * [[Commodore Amiga 1200]] ==References== <references/> [[Category:Integrated keyboards]] [[Category:Commodore keyboards]] [[Category:Computers]] [[Category:Keyboards with Mitsumi hybrid switches]] [[Category:Vintage keyboards]] [[Category:List of all keyboards]]
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