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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!wetware!wsrcc.com!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <584e3j$t4m@wsrcc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wsrcc.com Summary: ATX its not just oil for your transmission any more Keywords: ATX pentium P6 venus keyboard X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 (NOV) 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 -- Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com> <http://www.wsrcc.com/> Sick of email spam? <http://www.vix.com/spam/>