[Simh] Simh Digest, Vol 83, Issue 1

Fri Oct 1 12:04:42 EDT 2010

Pathworks 32,  with power term and excursions has a nice keyboard
interface.       

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:  LK keyboards, anyone? (Wilm Boerhout)
   2. Re:  LK keyboards, anyone? (G?ran ?hling)
   3. Re:  LK keyboards, anyone? (dave at dwade.freeserve.co.uk)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:59:04 +0200
From: Wilm Boerhout <w781 at planet.nl>
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Subject: Re: [Simh] LK keyboards, anyone?
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  Nathan Cutler mentioned  on 30-9-2010 9:13:
> Has anyone tried a USB keypad like this one?
> *
> http://tinyurl.com/2u6gcxv*
>
> It has the requisite physical keys, anyway, so theoretically it's just

> a matter of xev and xmodmap, right?
>
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I've used one with roughly the same setup. It is a PC keyboard 
extension, and as a consequence the annoying NUMLOCK behaviour will not 
change. Note the top left key is labeled NUMLOCK, and it really is.

It will provide you with a PC style keypad if your (laptop) keyboard 
doesn't have one. With a "normal" PC keyboard that already has a numeric

keypad on the side, it adds no value whatsoever.

/Wilm

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:13:09 +0200
From: G?ran ?hling <ahling at eadc.se>
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Subject: Re: [Simh] LK keyboards, anyone?
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  Try

    http://www.lk4xxkeyboards.com/

Please don't fall into the pitfall believing COTS USB / PS-2 converters 
will cope with the "extra keys" of a DEC keyboard. If your computer has 
USB only for keyboard - go for a true USB LK-keyboard.

I even tested a PCI card with PS-2 connectors. It showed up to actually 
be an USB PCI adaptor combined with a USB - PS-2 simple cheapo...

Please be aware that even if your current computer has PS-2, that might 
not be the case with your next computer...

And I agree totally, PC-keyboards really sucks if you want to operate 
for example the EDT-editor...

Besides, my fingers like the style and shape of true LK's before flat 
PC-keyboards...

Best regards,

G?ran

On 2010-09-28 15:19, Nathan Cutler wrote:
> Hello, I'm running OpenVMS 7.3 on a SimH/VAX. The PC keyboard is 
> suboptimal (annoying), as several keys are missing and the NumLock 
> light goes on and off when I press the key in the PF1 position.
>
> So, I wanted to ask if anyone has gotten a particular DEC, Compaq, HP,

> or Cherry keyboard to work with a PC running SimH?
>
> Over on comp.os.vms I heard that the LK463/LK464 (USB with PS/2 
> dongle) work. I'm in the market for one of those.
>
> I received another report that the LK465 and the LK41R (PS/2 only) 
> will also work. Wondering what keyboards folks here are using. Do you 
> all just limp along with the commodity PC keyboard?
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:12:14 +0100
From: <dave at dwade.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [Simh] LK keyboards, anyone?
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What about a project to add the missing keys using say a extra keys and
a
PIC chip...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-
> edge.com] On Behalf Of Wilm Boerhout
> Sent: 30 September 2010 19:59
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] LK keyboards, anyone?
> 
> 
> 
>   Nathan Cutler mentioned  on 30-9-2010 9:13:
> > Has anyone tried a USB keypad like this one?
> > *
> > http://tinyurl.com/2u6gcxv*
> >
> > It has the requisite physical keys, anyway, so theoretically it's
just
> > a matter of xev and xmodmap, right?
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Simh at trailing-edge.com
> > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
> I've used one with roughly the same setup. It is a PC keyboard
> extension, and as a consequence the annoying NUMLOCK behaviour will
not
> change. Note the top left key is labeled NUMLOCK, and it really is.
> 
> It will provide you with a PC style keypad if your (laptop) keyboard
> doesn't have one. With a "normal" PC keyboard that already has a
numeric
> keypad on the side, it adds no value whatsoever.
> 
> /Wilm
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