More importantly, will I be able to use it on an XEGS for games that require keypad functionality? I basically got it so I could play BBSB.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW
Is there a specific keyboard anyone can suggest for use with the XEGS? I have a disk drive coming my way and thought I had a keyboard for the XEGS, but I do not.
Did I overpay for this?
Moderator: Atari Frog
The price is ok since the keyboard is new and of good quality.
The auction's description mentions a special driver to be delivered with the keyboard. If this driver works with the XEGS then the keybord definitively will do also. Since the 400/800 model has four joystick ports the keyboard could be plugged in the driver certainly will check all four - maybe this checking procedure gives a problem with XL/XE units. But the driver should be very simple (small routine working during VBI) and I think it could be patched easily to work with all Atari 8-Bit computers.
The auction's description mentions a special driver to be delivered with the keyboard. If this driver works with the XEGS then the keybord definitively will do also. Since the 400/800 model has four joystick ports the keyboard could be plugged in the driver certainly will check all four - maybe this checking procedure gives a problem with XL/XE units. But the driver should be very simple (small routine working during VBI) and I think it could be patched easily to work with all Atari 8-Bit computers.