Re: USB keyboard thoughts.

From: Stephen Hilton (nospam_at_hiltonbsd.com)
Date: 09/27/03

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To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:57:01 -0400
    David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> wrote:

    > >>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> writes:
    >
    > Dmitry> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, David Gilbert wrote:
    > DG> I acquired my first motherboard that does not have ps/2 keyboard
    > DG> and mouse connectors on it this week. It's a funny thing
    > DG> ... because a keyboard connector seems to be all it doesn't have.
    > DG> It has 6 ide channels, digital audio, firewire and 6 USB ports.
    >
    > Dmitry> Out of curiosity, who is the vendor and what is model no?
    >
    > I was going for cheap. I found a Belkin keyboard at the local shop
    > for $28 Cdn. I don't remember a model number on it, but other than
    > having both USB and ps/2 connectors, it was a fairly normal keyboard.
    >
    > Actually... it sucks in one way. I'm a fairly quick touch typist, but
    > I've never trained on an underwood. This belkin seems to simulate the
    > underwood in that if you arn't careful enough to raise your fingers
    > off a key before pressing the next, you get extra characters on the
    > screen.

    David,

    The extra characters on the screen may have something to do with
    this:

     http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=57273

    Regards,

    Stephen Hilton
    nospam@hiltonbsd.com
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