[VoIP] OT: Need help w/Linux

[Mark Rudholm]

I can definitely think of some reasons to experiment with
Asterisk on my LinkSys (low power, no noise, cheap, small,
it'd just be cool) but keyboard abatement wasn't one of them.
I guess I haven't really dealt with motherboards that don't
let you turn the keyboard presence test off.  Seems like
it'd be easier to just replace the motherboard with one
that isn't quite so brain-dead.

-Mark

john jones wrote:
> This keyboard business is another reason I switched from a PC to a router to host Asterisk.  
> 
> John
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Duncan Smith <duncan.b.smith at gmail.com>
> To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches <voip at ckts.info>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:50:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] OT: Need help w/Linux
> 
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 11:58:20AM -0700, Mark Rudholm wrote:
>> Worst-case scenario would be that you'd have to leave an old keyboard
>> plugged into it.
> 
> What I do is take an old keyboard, and get rid of all the keys.  Then
> it's just a circuit board on the end of a keyboard cable, but it looks
> like a keyboard to the computer.  You can wrap it in electrical tape
> or heat-shrink tubing, and put it inside the machine (cable through
> the back) to save even more space.
>