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Using your own peripherals
Using third-party controllers
While
THEA500 Mini
has been designed to work best with the included
peripherals,
THEGAMEPAD
and
THEMOUSE
, it is also compatible with Retro
Games’
THEJOYSTICK
, as well as some third-party controllers and joysticks.
The button designations of most USB controllers follow one of the
three conventions established by Microsoft (Xbox), Sony (Playstation)
and Nintendo. The following table shows how the buttons of these, and
THEJOYSTICK,
correspond to those of
THEGAMEPAD
.
Xbox
Playstation
Nintendo
THEJOYSTICK
THEGAMEPAD
A
╳
B
Right fire
A
B
○
A
Left fire
B
X
□
Y
◸ ◥
X
Y
△
X
◤ ◹
Y
LB
L1
L
○ ● ○ ○
L
RB
R1
R
● ○ ○ ○
R
Back
Select
Select
○ ○ ● ○
M
Start
Start
Start
○ ○ ○ ●
H
Using third-party mice
THEA500 Mini
may be compatible with other USB mice, but you may find
that the sensitivity is different to the included
THEMOUSE
. If this is the case,
you can alter the system mouse sensitivity by adjusting
Options → System
settings → Mouse sensitivity
.
Using a USB keyboard
If you plug any standard USB keyboard into one of
THEA500 Mini
’s USB
ports, that keyboard will function much like an original Amiga keyboard.
If you use a keyboard with a US QWERTY layout, most of the keys will
function as you would expect. For other layouts, press the key in the same
physical position as the key you wish to press on a standard US QWERTY
layout. For example, if you have a French AZERTY layout keyboard, pressing
“A” will act as if you had pressed “Q” on the Amiga keyboard.
