Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:01:34 -0500 From: Kris Maglione <bsdaemon@comcast.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two keyboards Message-ID: <41F0FD2E.3020609@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <41F0CF6D.6010907@no-wackos.com> References: <41F0CF6D.6010907@no-wackos.com>
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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.
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