Re: OT: Removing the Keyboard check from a PC Boot

["the-croft" <alan@xxxxxxx>]

Their are several articles on interfacing PIC microcontrollers to the AT
keyboard interface, so you could probably build something based on this, I
think the cost of a single 16F84 is probably higher than an el cheapo
keyboard though. (but this way is more fun!)

Alan Shields
alan@xxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hetherington (egroups)" <mark.egroups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:09 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Removing the Keyboard check from a PC Boot


> For various reasons, I recently started digging out [very] old PC
parts
and
> creating a host of very low spec PCs. Seems a shame to have all these
small
> hard drives and old SIMMs etc sitting in boxes :)
>
> The intention is for them to run on a small linux install for simple
tasks
> like mail servers etc. Since I will not be using X or any other
windows
type
> components and I will never need to access them locally (telnet from a
PC
> elsewhere will be used for anything I need to do), they will not have
> monitors (I do not have spare monitors anyway) and preferably will not
have
> keyboards or mice. The problem comes in during the bootstrap process
when
> they all hang on the BIOS keyboard check.
>
> Since various "switchers" manage to provide a
"fake" keyboard for bootup
of
> multiple PCs sharing a single keyboard and mouse combination, I assume
that
> there is some simple technique to accomplish this.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how to DIY a system to bypass the keyboard
check?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
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