KBDBASE.SYS
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.
- Note
- This is one of the critical drivers for the OS/2 Kernel.
Versions
| Date | Version | Size | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-04-17 16:12 | N/A | 16,200 bytes | Beta KBDBASE.SYS driver for C-A-D Commander 2.5.3 |
| 2007-06-15 14:26 | 10.70 | 24,989 bytes | By IBM. 101 Keyboard Device Driver-SMP |
DLLs Loaded
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 from IBM DDK and a free/paid binaries can be released.