OT: Making USB work on SCO 5.06a

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, John Esak wrote:

> It says in the dos that USB is supported after 5.0.6a. I need to know *how*
> it is supported. I am trying to laod a SCO 5.0.6 system from scratch with
> only USB keyboard and USB floppy (for btld's) and USB mouse (for later in
> X).  How can I make the install CD's see the keyboard???, the floppy???
>
> I've been looking around on the SCO site, but no anwers yet. Any and all
> help appreciated.
>
> Also, on a living and working 5.0.6 system, how do I get a USB floppy
> recognized???

John,

Based on what I know about USB, I would suspect that there would be
multiple LEVELs of support. First, a USB interface would have to be
supported.

Then, I suspect, various "standard" devices would be supported. This would
likely include Human Interface Devices (HID), such as keyboard and mouse.

Last would come devices that required their own driver, such as
USB-to-serial devices.

So the question is, WHAT USB devices are supported. TA 114143 says:

"This release of the USB supplement includes support for USB hubs,
keyboards, mice, and mass storage devices. For more information, see the
usb(HW) manual page when Release Supplement 506A for OpenServer Release
5.0.6 systems is installed. "

Also, there are some articles in the TAs that refer to using USB devices
during install, but you've probably already found those.

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