22 Sep
2011
22 Sep
'11
8:32 a.m.
On 22 Sep 2011 at 13:38, Liam Proven wrote:
I think that's more than a bit unreasonable, TBH.
"PS/2" *is* the
standard name for the connector; if you wanted an /IBM/ keyboard, fair
enough, but if they were PC keyboards and weren't XT, AT or USB, then
they *were* PS/2 keyboards and he was answering perfectly correctly.
Maybe. But the same store has some clerks who differentiate the two
Great Classes of personal computers by "Mac" or "IBM"...
"PS/2-type" would have been more accurate. It's very sad that we
have a keyboard "standard" whose only reference is that of a long-
discontinued product line that few remember or even realize existed.
And let's be clear--it's the connector, not the electrical interface
(which is identical to that of the 5170) that differentiates these.
Surely, a better name could have been developed. Isn't the term
"PS/2" a trademark of IBM in any case?
--Chuck