One of my
requirements is that it be able to take a PS/2 Keyboard and
mouse, as I want to be able to plug in something like a LK450 keyboard, and
a 3 button mouse. 
 I'm basically a 98.5% Software and 1.5% Hardware-knowledge guy.
 With the little I know - about the PIC micro - It seems like I
 could make a 'protocol' converter between keyboards:
     IBM-101 to LK201 and the reverse,     etc.
 But I'm busy and lazy and was wondering if anybody out there
 ever saw someone  _Sell_  keyboard converters that do this? 
 
Well, that's why I specified the LK450, as it'll plug into a PS/2 keyboard
port, as will several other DEC Keyboards (I'm not sure of the top of my
head which is the proper one for OpenVMS).  OTOH, if the laptop was a Mac
I've found the LK201 emulation for eXodus to work fairly good, once I figured
out how to set DECterm to print the '<' and '>' when I hit the
correct keys.
                                Zane