Re: DEC Keyboard Question

From: Ken Fairfield (my.full.name_at_intel.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:20:35 -0800

FredK wrote:
> The "default" is a PC-style KB. To get the driver to handle the KB
> as a LK411 there is an obscure handshake where the driver sends
> certain commands that will return "error" characters on a standard
> KB, and return something else on an LK411 (the LK450 has a subtle
> variation on this as well).

Some (many?) Alpha consoles, certainly my PWS 600au, have a
console variable kbd_hardware_type which can be set to either
PCXAL or LK411, IIRC. Are you saying this console variable
is ignored? Too bad, that...

        -Ken 

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Ken Fairfield
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