Re: [SLUG] 486's and keyboards

From: Brian Coyle (brian@linuxwidows.com)
Date: Sun Feb 10 2002 - 16:22:45 EST


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On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:35, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Okay all you geezers out there.... I've got a 486 that I've been using
> as a firewall. I'm trying to make it "headless", but when I remove the
> keyboard and try to boot, it won't get all the way through boot.

I've got a bunch of headless 486 machines where the BIOS doesn't have an
option to run without a keyboard. I finally constructed a bunch of pigtail
fake keyboards.

I rescued some old, beatup but functional keyboards from the trash and
striped them down. I tossed the keys and case, then cut the cable down to
about 12" and wrapped the circuit board in electrical tape. Works great!
And if you ever need a real keyboard, just plug one in.

    301 Keyboard error. Press "F1" to continue.

I wonder which inDUHvidual came up with that one! :)

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