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From: U5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (CARDIOLOGY, R.M.H.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: booting an old XT without a keyboard
Message-ID: <1144@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 16 Oct 90 00:45:53 GMT
Organization: The University of Melbourne
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Is there any simple circuit that can be wired to the keyboard socket of a PC
to look like a keyboard so it gets through its self test.

We have an old PC here which we want to use without a keyboard or monitor.  The
BIOS doen't provide for ignoring keyboard errors (such as missing keyboard).

Alternatively, does anyone have a hacked BIOS to do this (on an XT)?

Many thanks,

Peter Summers