SUMMARY: MS natural keyboard

[Lucas K Carey <lcarey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question:
> I just bought a PS/2 (w/USB adapter) Microsoft Natural Keyboard and I'm                                     
> haveing problems with it and my XP1000 running v4.0f.  I can use they                                       
> keyboard in the prom just fine. I can swap the two keyboard in the prom,
but booted the MS keyboard hangs the console.
Answer: bug?? or MS anti-competition modification
After serveral emails w/Dr. Thomas.Blin
The only way to get the keyboard working, save the \| key:
power down, boot into prom, boot init s, init 2, then init 3
if the alpha is booted directly into CDE or from the prom into CDE the MS
keyboard will hang the console. There is no USB support. 
The \| key works until init 2 is reached, which is very odd, in the prom
and init s it puts out a |, in init 2 it puts out a ^@ and in init
3--nothing.
option: anectodal evidence of older MS natural keyboards working: did
MS change the keyboard at some point? the one I have is a new form-factor,
different than when they first came out. I have an older one that, if I
can find, I'll try. 
Compaq doesn't sell an ergonomic keyboard. 
solution: use my laptop (linux supports the usb version) as an Xterm when
my wrists start to hurt

--Lucas