[E3-hacking] Anyone know the Pinout of the Amstrad E3 Videophone Mailboard

[Nick Griffin]

All you need is a PS/2 Adapter and plug the 4 wires from the Mailboard into it and it works fine just needs mapping.

Posted about it here…  http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/36/using-amstrad-mailboard-keyboard-android<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/36/using-amstrad-mailboard-keyboard-android&data=02%7c01%7c%7cd9bb2a0eed0543f0e83508d727c944dc%7c84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7c1%7c0%7c637021617699834319&sdata=p8euCRZxGf9%2BfHexInbRMYlLnQUmirGXznE0FMR7/mA%3D&reserved=0>

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From: Nick Griffin<mailto:span1922 at live.com>
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎23‎ ‎August‎ ‎2019 ‎13‎:‎37
To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software<mailto:e3-hacking at earth.li>

Its funny realy Android is Linux and the E3 run on Linux… 😊

I am using a app called Keyboard/Button Mapper its on Google Play got it from XDA,It works but the keys don’t work properly in games or Emulators so just looked it up and I need to make a .kl Keyboard layout file for it so it knows where the keys are.
Anyone made a keyboard layout file, it works the same way in Linux, Android uses the same layout files..? this is the app… https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.sds100.keymapper&rdid=io.github.sds100.keymapper<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id%3Dio.github.sds100.keymapper%26rdid%3Dio.github.sds100.keymapper&data=02%7c01%7c%7c296534ae3ba340eeec5708d727c6b23e%7c84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7c1%7c0%7c637021606666904248&sdata=WJHkHn8P8ykeDjA7dC92BJeC%2BaODrTgQZYfTyUwJyi8%3D&reserved=0>

Ok just relised you answered this question already.. 😊

The Mailboard a good little keyboard for Android… 😊 If I manage to make a key file for it and it works I shear it here if anyone wants to use there's with Android.


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From: Ralph Corderoy<mailto:ralph at inputplus.co.uk>
Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎22‎ ‎August‎ ‎2019 ‎11‎:‎17
To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software<mailto:e3-hacking at earth.li>

Hi Nick,

> I plugged it into my PC just to see if it works ,I need it to work on
> Andriod, is there a way of mapping the keys on that, its Android
> 4.4.4…?

That's more of an Android question, you may be better off asking
somewhere else.  Google suggests things like
https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpyra-handheld.com%2Fboards%2Fthreads%2Ftutorial-how-to-remap-android-hardware-keys.69593%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5fb615a9f08b4ef2c9b808d726e9fb70%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637020658691998236&sdata=cM3isLd%2FMsP760WSWNHJdCfBwZ4ehsZinGlbTykWzv4%3D&reserved=0
so it looks possible.

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Cheers, Ralph.

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