Re: [TCLUG:18425] RS232 keyboard

[Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net>]

I have heard of such keyboards used on older HW.

I do know that the PS2 port is a serial port (hence the simplicity of
PS2-serial mouse adapters). You could, in theory, attach a keyboard to
ttyS1 with one of these adapters. I haven't heard of anyone doing so, and
I wouldn't recommend doing it with a nice keyboard, but if you are feeling
adventurous...

Daniel Taylor                Embedded and custom Linux integration.
dante@plethora.net           (612)747-1609

On Wed, 31 May 2000, David S. Cargo wrote:

> I'm not sure how much sense an RS-232C keyboard would make.
> 
> That would mean that it has an RS-232C-conforming connector and can
> send serial data.  If it's a terminal then it would have a male
> connector (DB25 25-bin) configured for DTE.
> 
> This really sounds like it ought to be a terminal.
> 
> It would be intersting to know how an "RS-232C keyboard" compares
> with any other kind of keyboard.
> 
> dsc
> 
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