[comp.sys.ibm.pc] wanted: null keyboard

keithe@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) (12/19/87)

I'm looking for a device to plug into the keyboard connector which
will look to a PC like a keyboard yet have no user-punchable buttons
on it. The application is a furnace controller which runs completely
without user intervention and for which, in fact, console input is
distinctly unwanted. Unplugging the keyboard results in "Keyboard
Error  Hit F1 to continue" (real bright, eh?).

Replacing BIOS ROMS is not a viable option. Neither is changing
computers. What I really want is a null keyboard. Any body seen
anything like this?

keith


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