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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.pbi.net!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!uky.edu!usenet From: soward@neworder.cc.uky.edu (John Soward) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: ATX motherboard question Date: 4 Dec 1996 20:19:18 GMT Organization: University of Kentucky Computing Services Lines: 28 Message-ID: <584mc6$1m7@service3.uky.edu> References: <584e3j$t4m@wsrcc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: neworder.cc.uky.edu In article <584e3j$t4m@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang Rupprecht) writes: > 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?) ATX (should) refer only to the form factor and mounting of the motherboard. ATX motherboard will require a special case, and probably a special power-supply, although the Gigabyte I have doesn't use the ATX power connectors. The USB stuff is probably not supported by much of anything yet, and I've personnaly not seen any real devices that use it. I believe the Venus uses a standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse...Although I don't actually have one sitting around to verify it ;^> -- John Soward <a href="http://neworder.cc.uky.edu/">JpS</a> Sr. Systems Programmer 'The Midnight sun will burn you up.' University of Kentucky (NeXT and MIME mail OK) -R. Smith