From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 27 09:43:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA11029 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:43:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles130.castles.com [208.214.165.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA11024 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:43:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03231; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:39:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811271739.JAA03231@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Florin Nicolescu cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-hackers) Subject: Re: multiple keyboard support In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Nov 1998 15:51:59 +0200." <199811271351.PAA00317@nick.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:39:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I need to make FreeBSD support more than one keyboard (actually 10 or 11). > I don't need multiple console suport, just to have multiple keyboards - these > are in fact handheld barcode scanners with keyboard connector. Usually, I can > conect one, together with the keyboard, and it just sends keystrokes to the > system. How is it possible to connect more than one keyboard? Does anywere > exist some serial devices that can act as a hub for one/many keyboard/ps2 > devices? These guys normally go in-line between the keyboard and the system, right? If you need that many of them connected to one system, you don't want the keyboard interface version - it will probably cost more to connect 11 keyboard interfaces to your PC than it would to replace all of the scanners with ones that have serial port interfaces. Of course, if you haven't bought them yet, that's even better. The problem is that the keyboard interface isn't really suited to being adapted to a serial port, and short of buying a pile of the 4-display adapter cards (which are expensive, and give you lots of display hardware as well as keyboard interfaces) you'll have to build microprocessor-based adapters for the translation. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message