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3. Special keyboards - Amstrad/Schneider keyboards

Since IBM had patented their keyboard design, Amstrad developed an entirely different keyboard.

3.1 Amstrad/Schneider PC1512

The Amstrad keyboard is entirely incompatible with XT and AT keyboards, and can be used only on an Amstrad; conversely, no other keyboard will work on an older Amstrad. This keyboard has a Del key on the keypad, and both Del-> and Del<- keys above the Enter key. The Del-> key has scancode 70. Left of the Enter key a PrtSc/* key. There is an additional Enter key with scancode 74. It is possible to connect a mouse and/or joystick to the keyboard, and then these devices also yield scancodes: 77 (joystick button 1), 78 (joystick button 2), 79 (joystick right), 7a (joystick left), 7b (joystick up), 7c (joystick down), 7d (mouse right), 7e (mouse left).


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