From: Fred Kleinsorge [kleinsorge@star.zko.dec.com] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:37 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: DS10 on a KVM VMS and Tru64 both run the keyboard in scanset 3 mode, and also program a few additional settings. The X WIndows System wants to see all keys go down and all keys go up, the simplest way to do this on a PS2-style keyboard is to program it into a mode that sends a single keycode (and up prefix) for each key. The PeeCee runs the KB in the default mode - in which it does stupid things like generating different keycodes if say, the shift key is pressed, and generates multi-byte sequences. So you have a major problem using a "simple" keyboard switch. When switching to an Alpha box running VMS or Tru64, you really want to generate a power up sequence - this will allow the KB driver to determine the type of keyboard, and program it. When switching to the PeeCee, the KB needs to be reset, but the power up sequence probably doesn't need to be sent. _Fred Christoph Gartmann wrote in message ... >In article , "Island (hpaq.net)" writes: >>Belkin >> >>The cheap ones (around $90) >> >>They work fine - we just installed a couple with DS10's running VMS > >As long as you use the PC-style keaboard. The tricky thing is a DEC-style >keyboard. > >Regards, > Christoph Gartmann > >-- --------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| Max-Planck-Institut fuer Phone : +49-761-5108-464 Fax: -452 | >| Immunbiologie | >| Postfach 1169 Internet: gartmann@immunbio.mpg.de | >| D-79011 Freiburg, FRG | >+--------- http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/english/menue.html ---------+