4 May
2012
4 May
'12
4:21 p.m.
On 04/05/12 3:28 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I haev to agree with you. Somebody who can't plug the cable from a thing
with keys on it into a socket marked 'keyboard' (or with a little picture
of a keyboard nest to it) probably shouldn't own a computer :-)
They have the SAME connector, so from a usability pov it invites
mistakes. Sometimes, even non-technical people use computers. I've
noticed that they often don't identify sockets before attempting plugs.
And proliferating physically incompatible connectors seems to make less
sense than simply standardising a simple interface.
Even if the computer doesn't blow up, it means a lot of pointless calls
to help desk or "my son who knows about computers".
And that problem gets bigger with increasing permutations of devices.
--T
specialised connectors. Which PCs eventually did (long
after Apple did).
Knowing the difference between a keyboard and a mouse was stretching the
limits? They had different shaped connectors. They color
coded them!
I thought the PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors were the same (6 pin
mini-DIN). They also have essentially the same pinout, so nothing will be
damaged if you plug the keybboard into the mouse connector of vice
versa.
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