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Subject: Re: Two keyboards
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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)).
>
> I've read a previous post and there it was supposed that one should 
> write a driver to accomplish this.
> I am not a C programmer and know far to little from FreeBSD to 
> accomplish this.
>
> So I ask you, Isn't there a much easier way (other operating systems 
> seem to have no problem with this)?
>
> regards bram 

The only way is for the POS software to read directly from the usb 
scanner. Why would you use FreeBSD for a POS system anyway? Where would 
you get the software. The software for linux is hard enough to find. 
Linux is your best FOSS bet.