kb mode was UNICODE
[ if you are trying this under X, it might not work
since the X server is also reading /dev/console ]

press any key (program terminates 10s after last keypress)...
0x9c 
0xe0 0x2e 
0xe0 0x2e 
0xe0 0x2e 
0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 
0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0x2e 
0xe0 0x30 
0xe0 0x30 
0xe0 0x30 
0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 
0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0x30