Jan Beta

I'm building a new open source mechanical keyboard for big box Amigas from scratch. // Kindly sponsored by my favorite PCB manufacturer PCBWay! https://www.pcbway.com/

A2000 Serotina Github with BOM, firmware and instructions: https://github.com/grahamshaw1972/a2000Serotina

Amiga Love Forum post about the project: https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2039

Amiga Test Kit Diagnostics Software: https://github.com/keirf/amiga-stuff

Crimping Tools*: US: https://amzn.to/3FKQCKW UK: https://amzn.to/49mnSWx DE: https://amzn.to/471zext

TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 2:21 Materials needed 5:23 Sponsor Message 5:53 Starting the Keyboard Build 7:35 Preparing the Amiga Cable 11:09 Soldering the Components 16:27 Preparing the Teensy Microcontroller 19:13 Soldering LEDs 21:01 Mistakes were made! 25:04 Initial Function Test 26:42 Fitting the Key Switches 32:39 Testing the Key Switches 33:26 Fitting the Keycaps 42:20 Finished Product 43:47 Thank you & Good Night

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EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS I USE: https://kit.co/janbeta * MERCHANDISE: https://janbeta.creator-spring.com MASTODON: https://chaos.social/@janbeta PATREON: https://patreon.com/janbeta KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/janbeta WEBSITE: https://www.janbeta.net TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/thejanbeta

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This video was sponsored by PCBWay @PCBWay.

• Stuff marked with "*" contains affiliate links. You don't pay anything extra and I get a little commission from everything you buy through the links (even if you buy something different there).

#JanBeta #Amiga #Amiga2000 #Amiga3000 #Amiga4000 #Keyboard #Commodore #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Build #Electronics #Teensy #Arduino #Microcontroller #MechanicalKeyboard #PCBWay

I'm trying to modify a standard Amiga 500 keyboard to work as an external Amiga keyboard for the big box machines. // Kindly sponsored by my favorite PCB manufacturer PCBWay! https://www.pcbway.com/

Amiga Keyboard Pinouts: https://sacc.org/demo/keyboard/a-keyboard.html

Checkmate external Amiga keyboard case: https://www.checkmate1500plus.com/Products.aspx?id=353

Replacement Amiga 1200 membranes: https://www.sintech-shop.de/en/keyboard-membrane-suitable-for-amiga-a500-a600-a1200-please-choose/a-10308

Amiga 500 keyboard schematics: https://github.com/BleuLlama/AmigaSchematics/blob/master/A500_kyb_Mitsumi/A500_kyb_Mitsumi.png

Crimping Tools*: US: https://amzn.to/3FKQCKW UK: https://amzn.to/49mnSWx DE: https://amzn.to/471zext

MAS50 DIN connector*: US: https://amzn.to/3QtnD37 UK: https://amzn.to/3slzwjF DE: https://amzn.to/3FQ5asR

MAS70S DIN connector*: US: https://amzn.to/40yfwao UK: https://amzn.to/40pLHJ0 DE: https://amzn.to/3svNW0F

DIN to mini DIN adapter*: US: https://amzn.to/47mApXY UK: https://amzn.to/470A1yS DE: https://amzn.to/461Eznh

TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Amiga Keyboard Differences 3:27 Amiga 500 Keyboard Connector 6:14 Sponsor Message 6:45 Checkmate Amiga Keyboard Case 8:33 A500 Keyboards on the A1200 10:19 Adapter for A500 Boards 15:20 Adapter for Big Box Amigas 24:16 Modifying the Reset Circuitry 28:28 Adding an A500/BigBox Switch 31:59 Thank you & Good Night

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MUSIC by FOCUS 10 https://focus10music.bandcamp.com

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS I USE: https://kit.co/janbeta * MERCHANDISE: https://janbeta.creator-spring.com MASTODON: https://chaos.social/@janbeta PATREON: https://patreon.com/janbeta KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/janbeta WEBSITE: https://www.janbeta.net TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/thejanbeta

YT CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCftUpOO4h9EgH0eDOZtjzcA/join

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This video was sponsored by PCBWay @PCBWay .

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#JanBeta #Amiga #Commodore #Amiga2000 #Amiga500 #Amiga3000 #Amiga4000 #Keyboard #Checkmate #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Adapter #Mod #PCBWay

I'm talking about modifying PC standard floppy disk drives to work with Amigas and other systems that use Shugart drives. // Kindly sponsored by my favorite PCB manufacturer PCBWay! https://www.pcbway.com/

Floppy Disk Drive Pinouts: https://old.pinouts.ru/HD/InternalDisk_pinout.shtml

Modifying the Mitsumi D359M3 (German version): http://www.pitsch.de/stuff/amiga/a1korg_01.pdf

Modifying the Mitsumi D359M3 (English translation): https://www.amibay.com/threads/mitsumi-d359m3-pc-1-44mb-floppy-drive-mod.27296/

TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 1:17 Differences between PC and Shugart Disk Drives 8:05 Sponsor Message 8:35 Why modify Disk Drives? 10:03 Modifying the Mitsumi D359M3D 21:05 Testing the converted Drive 26:05 Thank you & Good Night

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MUSIC by FOCUS 10 https://focus10music.bandcamp.com

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS I USE: https://kit.co/janbeta * MERCHANDISE: https://janbeta.creator-spring.com MASTODON: https://chaos.social/@janbeta PATREON: https://patreon.com/janbeta KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/janbeta WEBSITE: https://www.janbeta.net TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/thejanbeta

YT CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCftUpOO4h9EgH0eDOZtjzcA/join

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This video was sponsored by PCBWay. @PCBWay

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#JanBeta #Amiga #Commodore #Floppy #DiskDrive #Shugart #IBM #Mod #Conversion #PCBWay