Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!ed.leslie From: ed.leslie@canremote.uucp (ED LESLIE) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Is this posted to the rig Message-ID: <90021021121237@masnet.uucp> Date: 10 Feb 90 23:57:00 GMT Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada Lines: 22 4225_5105@uwovax.uwo.ca (John MacDonald) writes: [stuff deleted...] >What I need to know is if it is possible to connect a keyboard >up to a AT compatible in another way than through the keyboard jack. >Is there a company that makes an 8 bit board that enables you to do >this? [stuff deleted...] Your request might be more successful if you explained more about what you are trying to do -- to pique people's interest :-) Your first problem will be that the PC/AT/?? keyboard uses serial, not parallel communications. One idea you might consider -- hook up a CRT and use a COMx port. If you are looking for special scan codes as would be generated by a PC/AT/??, there are lots of CRT's on the market meant for use on multi-user DOS platforms (i.e. using Multi- Link, PC/MOS-386, etc.), which generate (I think) the same scan codes as the actual PC/AT/?? keybord. Some fairly quick experimentation would reveal the truth. TTFN