7 May
2012
7 May
'12
11:36 a.m.
On 5/6/12 1:02 AM, Lance Lyon wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Mouse
Strictly regarding keyboards and mice, one HUGE win for USB over PS/2
is genuine hot-plug capacity.
I've never personally blown a PS/2 port, but I have worked on
computers with blown ports, and invariably the user/owner was prone to
swapping keyboards with the machine running. I don't kow if that's an
odds thing or cumulative damage, but in my experience the PS/2 port is
just not hot-pluggable in the long run.
Doc
USB is fine, in ts place. But I'm with tony
in that I think that that
place does not, possibly excepting some ridiculously space-constrained
designs, include keyboards and mice.
What the USB naysayers haven't said though is exactly why USB is not
suitable for keyboards and mice.