Today, I wrote a little script to blink my Scroll Lock light if I have an incoming message that I'd consider critical.
Today, I learned that the cheapass PS/2->USB converters I bought at the salvage shop for $1 each completely reset the keyboard state (i.e. send a break for every key) when the state of an LED changes.
Does anyone know of a brand/model of adapter that doesn't do this? Are Soarer's adapters okay with this? I'm sure I could get a teensy and fix the logic if need be, but I'm impatient and would rather just buy something.
(quick test if you're curious and running linux: open a terminal and run the command:
while true; do xset led 3; sleep 0.5; xset -led 3; sleep 0.5; done
Then try typing, performing chords, etc. Kill the terminal to stop the madness.)
Thanks folks!