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Subject: Re: Two keyboards
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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.


David