Kelley Reynolds wrote:

> A bit off topic, but it's for a bunch of netbsd boxes on i386 machines,
> so it'll have to do. I got a bunch of Compaq's that won't boot unless a
> keyboard is plugged in. They are all PS/2. There is no option in the
> BIOS to ignore keyboard errors, and I want them to come back up by
> themselves if there is a power outage. Is there a way I can just toss a
> few wires into the PS/2 connector to short it and make the machine thing
> that a keyboard is plugged in?

http://govschl.ndsu.nodak.edu/~achapwes/PICmicro/PS2/ps2.htm

Doesn't look as if there's a chip-less way.