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From: wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: ATX motherboard question
Date: 4 Dec 1996 09:58:11 -0800
Organization: W S Rupprecht Computer Consulting, Fremont CA
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Summary: ATX its not just oil for your transmission any more
Keywords: ATX pentium P6 venus keyboard
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I'm thinking of getting an Intel Venus (P6, ATX) motherboard for
running NetBSD 1.2 on. I'm now starting to worry that the keyboard
will have run over some weird ATX-specific bus that NetBSD doesn't
have drivers for (eg. the USB -- the [not so] Universal Serial Bus).
None of the FAQ's or online docs I could find even mentioned ATX. I
assume this either means that its a non-issue because "of course it
works" or because "it can't possibly work, and it should be obvious."
Well, gentle readers, which one is it?
(Also, does one need a special ATX keyboard? Is there a special
mini-interface card one needs to convert USB signalling to the serial
data stream the kbd expects?)
-wolfgang
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