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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>-----Original Message-----</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces@lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Lars</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 2:07 PM</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>To: ETH Oberon and related systems</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Subject: [Oberon] oberonstation questions, ps/2?</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> </p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Was wondering why PS/2 was chosen for the oberon keyboard and mouse</p><p class=MsoPlainText>> ports when all the keyboards being sold in stores these days are USB.</p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Was ps/2 much simpler to program without complexities of USB ?</p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Drivers easier to write?</p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Yes. The keyboard and mouse handlers are only about 70 lines of Oberon (Input.Mod) and about 40 lines of Verilog code (MouseP.v and RISC5Top.v). You can download the source code and detailed design documentation from here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.projectoberon.com">http://www.projectoberon.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> </p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Also, no HDMI video, DVI? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If you want Project Oberon with HDMI/DVI video you can get the 'Oberon system on Pipistrello'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>"The original oberon code is basically unchanged, the only major code addition is a module that takes the signals that normally drive an analog VGA monitor and convert it to DVI output via the HDMI connector."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://saanlima.com/store/index.php?route=module/blog">http://saanlima.com/store/index.php?route=module/blog</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Chris Burrows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>CFB Software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.astrobe.com/RISC5">http://www.astrobe.com/RISC5</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>