Re: DS15 systems have arrived

From: Michael Unger (unger_at_decus.de)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:44:45 +0200

On 2003-10-07 17:11, "Fred Kleinsorge" wrote:

> The new LK463 has a USB connector by default. The dongle provides a PS2
          ^^^^^
> interface, and comes with the KB.
>
> In reality most keyboards being built these days are being built to go both
> ways. There are PS2->USB dongles and USB->PS2 dongles. All they do is tell
> the KB which interface they need to deal with, and provide the connection
> (there isn't any real logic inside) - the KB then senses the personality it
> needs to use. And I don't know that they are "universal" across KB makers.
>
> [...]

Do you happen to know the *exact* *requirements* for the DS10 and DS15?
(You should, of course ...)

According to the latest QuickSpecs -- just a few days old -- the *US*
keyboard has to be a LK*463*-A2, all other languages use a LK462-xx type
keyboard. (Could well be a typo.)

Michael 

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