Well, I answered part of my question.  Check this out.

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue55/henderson.html

Very cool.  There's also a howto although it seems to be more of a generic
explanation of how the KB works (actually just what I need).  Don't know
why I couldn't find it before (believe me I looked).

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html

Simeon Johnston wrote:

> My KB at work crapped out on me (well, it still works but the cord is
> too short and we have no AT extenders).  I got a PS/2 adapter and hooked
> up a internet KB from compuserve (cheap POS).  How do I get the
> functionality in Linux?  Specifically, can I get some of the keys to
> work in console - NOT Xterm.  I only have Xwindows on one partition (RH
> 7.1) and I rarely use that now.  As long as I'm stuck with this POS I
> would like to get some of the extra functionality out of it.
>
> Any ideas?
> This sounds a lot like a previous post about mapping key sequences to
> commands.  I still haven't fugured that one out.

sim