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Article #10975Re: ibm pc keyboard loopback plug
From: G. Stewart Beal
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 14:03
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 14:03
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In article <govender.717416622@shannon> govender@shannon.ee.wits.ac.za (Govender) writes: >is there a way of using a dummy plug to fool a pc/at into thinking that it >has a keyboard at switch on? > Some Bios's have the ability to specify if a keyboard is connected. I personally have a problem with one keyboard (you know the problem: "KEYBOARD NONEXISTANT - HIT F1 TO CONTINUE !) and I have disabled the keyboard error. The controller is apparently still initialized but the error condition is ignored. The keyboard still works with the system too. Regards, Stu Beal, VE3MWM, U009@CS.CCIW.CA, National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. "We'd made it through yet another nuclear winter and the lawn had just trapped and eaten it's first robin." - Kyle J. Spiller
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!maccs!mcshub!csx.cciw.ca!u009 From: u009@csx.cciw.ca (G. Stewart Beal) Subject: Re: ibm pc keyboard loopback plug Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:03:53 GMT Message-ID: <1992Oct1.140353.4069@csx.cciw.ca> References: <govender.717416622@shannon> <BvB05v.EnC@zoo.toronto.edu> Lines: 16