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-Price: (2019£50+Price: (202060 Euro
  
 Supplier: [[http://msx.deneb.nl/page4.HTM|Padial Hardware]] Supplier: [[http://msx.deneb.nl/page4.HTM|Padial Hardware]]
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 In short, it's very delicate, but only 8x 100Ohm resistors are needed (obviously the traces need to be cut for each one also). The //nicer// solution would be to connect each resistor to a multi-way switch so that the original, unaltered data path can be restored, if for example you decide to disconnect the external keyboard.... though I would guess it should still work when the external interface is removed. In short, it's very delicate, but only 8x 100Ohm resistors are needed (obviously the traces need to be cut for each one also). The //nicer// solution would be to connect each resistor to a multi-way switch so that the original, unaltered data path can be restored, if for example you decide to disconnect the external keyboard.... though I would guess it should still work when the external interface is removed.
  
-A detailed diagram of which pins are needed to be altered is to follow below.+**Penguin PS2 Keyboard Interface**
  
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 +Price: £15
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 +Supplier: [[https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=284|Lotharek.pl]]
 +
 +//"ZX Spectrum 48/48+ PS2 keyboard adapter, based on https://www.avray.ru/zx-spectrum-ps2-keyboard/
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 +Technical details:
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 +NoWait version
 +Additional buttons F11,F12
 +Reset - PrScr
 +CapsShift - Shift (works really as on PC!)
 +SymbolShift - Ctrl
 +NumLock changes cursor keys and space to Sinclair Joystik 2"
 +//
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 +Note: this is another design that will not work on the +2A, +2B or +3 due to the way Amstrad redesigned the main board. This is again for 16K, 48K, 48K+, 128K and +2 models only. **I think I'm going to have to downgrade from the +3 to a +2 in order to get PS2 keyboard support....**
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