18 Dec
2003
18 Dec
'03
10:16 a.m.
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Sellam, the ports are physically the same rough size. It's what catches
many people unaware. The last computer shop I worked at, we had 3 sitting
in the back office for ha-ha's (idiot boss used them for target practice
one night with a slingshot and steel load). We also had 2 customers with
them in their computers and they were complaining that their ps/2 mice
wouldn't plug in right to the ports. Mind you, these people were reasonably
educated and one of them was an IT guy for the last 15 years. It's scary
how many people don't look at pin-outs or subtle differences in plug shape.
-John Boffemmyer IV
At 06:21 PM 12/18/2003, you wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
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Not entirely sure. They may be the bus mouse
cards and not PS/2. The
connectors were about the same size, but had a notch on part of the circle
and several more pins. If it is a bus mouse card, then I would require a
bus mouse. Interested though...
Bus Mouse connectors are totally different that PS/2 connectors.
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