Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 20:12:27 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: atrn@zeta.org.au Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboards Message-ID: <199910180112.UAA32808@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from atrn@zeta.org.au of "Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:57:09 %2B1000." <199910170657.QAA35294@ska.bsn>
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atrn@zeta.org.au writes: > And to keep this on topic... Don't get keycaps or anything, get a real > keyboard! I use original PC/AT keyboards - control key in the right > place, proper space bar, function keys on the left, big enter key, > weighs a ton so it doesn't move and noisy as hell to annoy anyone else > nearby. I can type about 20% faster on them than the generic rubbish > keyboards you get with machines these days. The only problem with it is > that it doesn't reset correctly at boot time with FreeBSD - it spits out > '-''s until I hit return. I boot so infrequently* I haven't bothered to > figure out why (the flags mentioned in the man pages didn't seem to do > anything) BTW the Linux box at work with a similar keyboard operates > correctly so I guess I should swap the keyboards to see if it's > something to do with the one I've got at home. The old PC keyboards used one of the 5 wires for RESET. Cloners didn't. Eventually running the MB's RESET out to the keyboard was discontinued everywhere. Lately I've heard of that wire being used once again to implement a Mac-like power switch on the keyboard. You might look into providing a RESET signal for your keyboard. Not quite sure where you'll find a good source. Possibly the PS's "power good" signal. OTOH that's another one of those things that get lost in the cheapening of the PC, as that signal is fake on most PS's. And I'm not sure if its logic polarity is correct. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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