There are “switch boxes” that do this such as Belkin’s OmniView, but these are
outside the budget you mentioned since they’re typically around $100.
Regards,
Paul Bunn, UltraBac.com, 425-644-6000
Microsoft MVP - WindowsNT/2000
http://www.ultrabac.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando, Robert [mailto:xxxxx@anitetelecoms.com]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:27 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: off topic making the bios think a keyboard is pre
sent , whena real on is not connected.
Are there any comecail boxes that can do this ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Moreira, Alberto [mailto:xxxxx@compuware.com]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:25 PM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: off topic making the bios think a keyboard is
present , whena real on is not connected.
I can think of two ways, but both may need some hardware work. One is to
change the bios and burn the eprom again, but you need to find where the
keyboard tests are being done. The other is to put an 8051 or similar in a
breadboard and program it to simulate ports 60/64 and thus fool the bios.
Beware of such switching boxes - some have the hardcoded switching
sequence of Ctrl-Shift-1/2, which will lead the user to change his/her text
editor use habits :-(, since Ctrl-Shift is too widely used in the editors
for all kinds of stuff.
I have purchased some no-named switcher which works great for both AT and
ATX kbd/mouse cabling (it even contains the PS/2 mouse->serial mouse
translator), except this annoying feature - I now use Alt-E+C instead of
Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins and Alt-F+S instead of Ctrl-S 
Max
----- Original Message -----
From: “Paul Bunn”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:08 PM
Subject: [ntdev] RE: off topic making the bios think a keyboard is pre sent
, whena real on is not connected.
> There are “switch boxes” that do this such as Belkin’s OmniView, but these
are
> outside the budget you mentioned since they’re typically around $100.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Bunn, UltraBac.com, 425-644-6000
> Microsoft MVP - WindowsNT/2000
> http://www.ultrabac.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando, Robert [mailto:xxxxx@anitetelecoms.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:27 AM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] RE: off topic making the bios think a keyboard is pre
> sent , whena real on is not connected.
>
>
> Are there any comecail boxes that can do this ?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moreira, Alberto [mailto:xxxxx@compuware.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:25 PM
> To: NT Developers Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] RE: off topic making the bios think a keyboard is
> present , whena real on is not connected.
>
>
> I can think of two ways, but both may need some hardware work. One is to
> change the bios and burn the eprom again, but you need to find where the
> keyboard tests are being done. The other is to put an 8051 or similar in a
> breadboard and program it to simulate ports 60/64 and thus fool the bios.
>
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