[HECnet] Worth getting a "VMS" keyboard?

[Mark Wickens]

On 17/09/2013 17:04, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:

I'd also like to point out that the LK450 (which is the keyboard
following on from the LK250 and was designed for connection to a PC
running terminal emulation software) is a good alternative.
Right.   HOwever, I know people who purchased the USB LK keyboards for use
with terminal emulation (Reflection specifically) and there are keys, when
used in that scenario, that can not be mapped because the WEENDOZE driver
simply doesn't recognize them.

Absolutely - you can't use the LK450 with a PS/2 -> USB adapter and expect VMS-specific keys to be recognised fully.
I have found that the only combination that works for me when using Windows is with the keyboard plugged directly into the PS/2 port and Exceed. This may also involve using the Reflection LK450 keyboard driver but I'm not sure about that without removing it. Bizarrely enough even with the driver Reflection doesn't do the right think.

Mark.+