Subject: Re: USB / wskbd questions/problems...
To: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 04/10/1999 15:42:34
Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us> writes:

> PPS: I'm going to try to hook up a USB scanner to the machine later today.
>      If anyone has anecdotal or theoretical information about doing this,
>      I'm all ears. I'm not sure whether or not it can be done, but it'll
>      be fun to try.

	I'm pretty sure you're going to lose. We certaintly don't have
support for them at the moment, and unfortunately, we aren't likely
to. There's no standardized USB scanner interface, and as far as I
know the makers of USB scanners haven't documented what they do.

	- Nathan