SX and PS2 Keyboards

Guenther Daubach

Hi,

did anybody come across some SX code to interface to a standard PS2 keyboard. I think I once saw such application but I can't remember where and when.

Let me recite Clint Eastwood in Space Cowboys: "The clock's ticking, Bob - and I'm only getting older..."

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Greetings from Germany,

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Forrest

There's an SX to PS2 interface on the XGameStation along with a program to read the keyboard in Chapter 11 - which is a free download at www.xgamestation.com/view_hot_download.php?id=3

Beau Schwabe

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Guenther Daubach

Forrest,

I KNEW that I saw it somewhere, I have XGS chapter 11 on my hard disk. As I said before - I'm getting older - thanks for leading me the right direction!

Beau,

yes, this is the opposite direction but you never know what it is good for.

I once had a project to interface a bar code scanner to a PC, and one idea was to build an adapter that converted the incoming scanner data via RS-232 into PS2 compatible serial data, and merge them with the codes coming from the keyboard. Finally, it turned out that I could do this on the PC by software, i.e. reading the scanner via RS-232, and then sending appropriate events into the Windows message queue. Thanks a lot for your offer - I'll come back to it when necessary.

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Greetings from Germany,

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James Newton

http://www.sxlist.com/techref/ubicom/lib/io/dev/keys/picboard.htm

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Guenther Daubach

James,

this is great stuff (much more than I really need). Nevertheless, it again shows how much valuable information is available in www.sxlist.com!

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Greetings from Germany,

G