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Subject: Re: Two keyboards
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David Scheidt wrote:
> Julian Elischer wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Bram Van Steenlandt wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> For a pos system I am working on I need support for two keyboards 
>>> (actually one keyboard(ps/2) and one scanner(usb)). 
>>
>>
>>
>> you can already do this..
>> what makes you call the scanner a keyboard?
> 
> 
> Proabably, because it acts like one?  I don't know about the USB ones, 
> but PS/2 scanners generated keysym data, just like a real keyboard. The 
> idea of the hardware people is "They've already got a keyboard, they 
> take input from it, so let's make the scanner a keyboard!"  It makes it 
> easy to use a barcode reader with an application that doesn't know 
> anything about barcodes, barcode scanners or the like.

the barcode scanners we use just produce a 9600 baud serial stream.

> 
> 
> David