In message  <3.0.32.19970212101645.006a3e30@pop.erols.com>
 PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes:
[snip]
> If you want to "replace" the keyboard with your PIC based device, you could
> have it emulate a keyboard (send out scan codes when the big button is
> pushed) and just plug it into the keyboard port on your PC.

Bob,

I think the problem here is that as the potential user has limited
control over his hands and fingers, he needs to be able to see
which character will be sent to the keybaord buffer before it is
sent. Other wise he will have a lot of back-spacing to do.

Regards,


Mike Watson