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==Description==
==Description==
This is the keyboard base device driver for OS/2 and eComStation.
This is the keyboard base device driver for OS/2 and eComStation.
KBDBASE.SYS is one of the two separated driver for the keyboard physical device driver. KDBBASE.SYS is referred as the "device-independent driver" that handles the monitors, screen groups, code paging, translation and special needs processing.  This device driver communicas any hardware change with the "device-dependet" driver ([[IBMKBD.SYS]]) using an IDS (inter-device-driver communication) interface.


==Versions==
==Versions==
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Revision as of 13:35, 13 February 2016

Description

This is the keyboard base device driver for OS/2 and eComStation.

KBDBASE.SYS is one of the two separated driver for the keyboard physical device driver. KDBBASE.SYS is referred as the "device-independent driver" that handles the monitors, screen groups, code paging, translation and special needs processing. This device driver communicas any hardware change with the "device-dependet" driver (IBMKBD.SYS) using an IDS (inter-device-driver communication) interface.

Versions

Date Version Size Comments
2007/Jun/15 2:26pm 10.70 24,989 bytes By IBM. 101 Keyboard Device Driver-SMP.
2000/April/17 16:12:38 N/A 16,200 bytes Beta KBDBASE.SYS driver for C-A-D Commander 2.5.3

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Source Code

The source code of this file is included on the IBM Developer Connection Device Driver Kits for OS/2. It can not be open sourced, but the source code is available for IBM DDK customers and a free/paid binaries can be released.