Re: tlug: custom keyboard

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Jim Tittsler wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 07:48:47AM +0900, Cliff Miller wrote:
> > I've been talking with some people who have a special keyboard and
> > want it to be useable with Linux. It's a PS/2 keyboard and has some
> > special keys and fairly different physical layout. Their application
> > runs under X.
> 
> I occasionally use my Twiddler (a one-hand chord keyboard,
> http://www.handykey.com) with Linux.  There are device drivers available in
> source form that demonstrate taking the serial output from the Twiddler and
> pumping it into Linux.  The a2x program (originally used to pipe
> DragonDictate into X device events) is used to connect into X.

but, that's a serial interface.  Totally different.  The keyboard in
question plugs into the standard ps/2 keyboard port on most newer
motherboards, so serial output isn't an issue...

> 
> An interesting starting point might be:
> http://www.handykey.com/drivers/twid-linux.tar.gz
> 
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