Re: Using XP without a keyboard
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:43:28 -0500
mpennin455 wrote:
I am setting up several touchscreen systems that have a magnetic card reader that plugs into the PS2 keyboard port. If XP doesn't see a keyboard,it it disables the port and doesn't load the drivers. It has a pigtail to then plug in a keyboard bit I'd prefer not to have a keyboard hidden under the counter just so XP will detect a keyboard and load the drivers and enable the port. Is there any way to tell XP to ignore the fact that a keyboard is not attached and go ahead and load the keyboard driver anyhow and enable the port?
Found a toy here. Looks like it costs somewhere between $40 and $53, but
it is a bit bigger than I'd hoped.
http://www.tripplite.com/products/product.cfm?productID=3571
In principle, a keyboard encoder chip is a single chip, so a decent package
for a "keyboard stub", would be a little bigger than a USB flash memory.
But I haven't managed to find just that part.
This company makes a variety of toys, but we're not doing much better
here than the Tripplite device. Some items are circuit assemblies, needing
a housing and maybe even connectors added.
http://www.vetra.com/Elimina2.htm
http://www.vetra.com/Encoder2.htm
Have fun,
Paul
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