[time-nuts] [OT] Help needed with HP 16700A

Peter Loron peterl at standingwave.org
Wed Aug 5 01:22:44 UTC 2009


Possible, but I don't think so. That warning message is present in the  
boot logs in the Agilent service manual...I think they're normal.

The Service manual indicates the part number for the keyboard is  
C3757-60401. Googling for that turns up some hits...looks like a 101  
key unit.

-Pete

On Aug 4, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Chuck Harris wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> Judging from the boot sequence, I would say that the keyboard has too
> many keys.  Is there perhaps an abbreviated PS/2 keyboard used by HP
> on this machine?
>
> For instance, an old PC/AT keyboard with only 88 keys, and an adapter
> to mini-din might work better.
>
> X won't work without a properly functioning keyboard, mouse, and  
> monitor.
>
> -Chuck Harris
>
>
>> /sbin/itemap: WARNING: An attempt to write keyboard mapping entries  
>> past
>> /sbin/itemap: the end of the buffer.  Further writes will be ignored.
>
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