1st-class programmable keyboard

9.29: web.addn/kybd programmable with mem card bak:

. need a kybd that lets a program

do all my programming for me .

. here is one author who needs the same thing:

How to write a USB keyboard simulator?

Let's say we have 2 computers connected with each other via USB.

How to make a program that could be run on one of the computers

and send keystrokes to the another?

In other words the computer with the program

would appear as a keyboard to the other computer?

I don't want a thin client or dumb terminal...

my goal with this is to create something that will be able to for example

brute force a BIOS password in case you'll forget it

- that's why I need it done in hw

because otherwise you can't connect to the computer

(when it only is booted to BIOS).

. here is hackery for the obvious but iffy idea of

connecting a computer to a usb.kybd:

//www.instructables.com/id/Hacking-a-USB-Keyboard/

. the usb.kybd` interface is open:

USB human interface device class ("USB HID class")

. a USB device class that describes human interface devices such as

keyboards, mice, game controllers and alphanumeric display devices.

The USB HID class is defined in a number of documents

provided by the

USB Implementers Forum's Device Working Group

http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/HID1_11.(pdf)

USB HID class keyboard is normally designed with

an IN endpoint that communicates keystrokes to the computer

and an OUT endpoint that communicates the status of the keyboard's LEDs

from the computer to the keyboard.

The PC 97 standard requires that a computer's BIOS must detect and work with

USB HID class keyboards that are designed to be used during the boot process.

X-keys programmable key pads

http://www.piengineering.com/xkeys.php

. xkey for mac

http://www.piengineering.com/software/ikeyxkey.php

. points you to iKey for Mac OS X

details:

. In Hardware Mode the X-keys declares itself as a native USB keyboard and/or mouse

and sends only USB keyboard or mouse messages to the USB port.

The macros are stored in the X-keys onboard memory

and played when the appropriate X-keys button is pressed.

After originally programming the X-keys there is no software involved

. on a tangent, I wondered if the [The Y-mouse Adapter for USB]

would be a cheaper way to have an ergo'kybd;

lets you put any 2 kybd's together,

but it doesn't say anything about using the modifier keys of one

to affect the keys of the other .

Centrillium USB Device Emulator

turns your PC system into a USB device.

contents includes:

# USB HID Device Emulator

* USB HID Class Mouse Application

* USB HID Class Keyboard Application

Specifications

* USB 1.1 Full Speed/Low Speed

* 512 Kb/S Transfer Rate

* Bi-Directional Parallel Port Interface

* USB Device Interface

* Philips ISPD12 USB Peripheral Controller

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