Everhart,Glenn
From:	Fred Kleinsorge [kleinsorge@star.enet.dec_nospam.com]
Sent:	Friday, March 20, 1998 3:06 PM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: Multiple Machines using one KEYBOARD, MONITOR AND MOUSE
Fletcher Hearns wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> In an effort to reclaim some of my long lost desk space I am
> attempting
> to consolodate workspace by using 1 Monitor, 1 Mouse and 1 Keyboard.
> 
> ...
> 
> All system were working great before I ran them thru the switch.
> Now the keyboard does not work correctly on the VMS machines but works
> fine on the PC.
> 
> ...
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or better yet a keymap file for either of
> the keyboards I have.
> 


  Ah it is worse than you think... VMS (and Digital UNIX) try to
  put the KB into scanset mode 3, and the PC wants it in mode 2.

  Try hacking DECW$DEVICE.COM and forcing it to load SYS$IKCDRIVER
  instead of SYS$IKBDRIVER.  IKC was written for the AlphaBook 1
  which has a KB controller that was not capable of running in
  scanset 3 mode (and lied about it).  This "may" work... or at
  least may work better than what you have.



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