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Keyboards
5932 Keyboards
TheNCR5932Keyboardsareintendedforharshretailenvironmentsandcontainan
internalmembranetoprotectagainstobjectssuchaspaperclips,staplewires,pins,
andsoforth,fromfallingbetweenthekeysanddamagingtheelectronics.This
technologyimprovesoverallreliabilitynottypicallyfoundinstandardPCkeyboards
ormanyretailkeyboards.
TheRealPOS40supportsthefollowingNCR593
2Keyboards:
NCR64‐KeyPS/2POSKeyboard(5932‐2xxx)
NCRUSBAlphanumericBigTicketKeyboard(5932‐5xxx)
NCR5932‐66xx104‐KeyProgrammablePOSKeyboard
Keyboard Power
TheRealPOS80suppliespowertothePS/2keyboardevenwhenintheOFFstate.
Thisisforconfigurationsthatrequiretheterminaltoturnonwhenakeyispressed.
MostNCRPS/2keyboardshaveaPowerONLEDwhichstaysilluminated,indicating
powerispresentinthekeyboard.Pressingake
ymayalsocausetonestobesounded,
butunlesstheterminalisconfiguredtopowerupwhenakeyispress,nothing
happens.