[Info-vax] PC/VT Keyboarrd Mapping

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-06-23 00:08:13 +0000, David Froble said:

> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> 
>> Any truly professional would quickly adopt to whatever new/modern 
>> hardware there is. Asking for old discontinued keyboards will probably 
>> only be an disservice to VMS, making it look even worse.
> 
> So, when the Fred Flintstone cars come out, you're going to give up 
> your current car?
> 
> Better, yes.
> 
> Backward, NO!

VSI has a choice to make.  Adopt the PC keyboard in OpenVMS software 
and RTLs and in the documentation, adopt some other keyboard such as 
the Apple extended wired, or get into the traditional LK keyboard 
manufacturing business directly or with Nemonix or some other vendor.  
Or continue to ignore the keyboard difficulties and presume that the 
VT/LK keyboard interface is an emulator problem, which has been the 
keyboard strategy for a while.  But those existing LK keyboards are all 
aging out.  That's even if VSI's statements against plans for OpenVMS 
workstation support hold, as you'll still need console or iLO or DRAC 
keyboard access for the baseline configuration and then for server 
management operations, as OpenVMS can't (yet?) be remotely managed, 
provisioned and deployed.



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