multiple keyboards - single

[samar j. s. <sa...@ef...>]

Hi

I am looking at the  best way of setting up 16 usb keyboards connected =
through multiple  hubs to one linux machine, so that the input of the =
keyboards  either  goes to separate files, or, it goes to a common file =
and some prefix identifies the keyboard from which the input has come.

As the inputs are short there is  no need for  the  input document to  =
be visible to the persons typing at the keyboard. The  purpose is data =
collection so multiple X Servers are not necessary or desirable.

Is it possible that there is some way of polling each usb keyboard and =
capturing the characters or alternately using the usb port code to act =
as a prefix for that character in a common file. All ideas are welcome.


samar