Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:30:24 -0500 From: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two keyboards Message-ID: <41F1BAC0.30705@attglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <41F1A7DF.8030803@elischer.org> References: <41F0CF6D.6010907@no-wackos.com> <41F1A7DF.8030803@elischer.org>
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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
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