22 Sep
2011
22 Sep
'11
1:47 p.m.
I think that's more than a bit unreasonable, TBH.
"PS/2" *is* the
I have learnt that i have to use incorrect discriptions when talking to
the PC crowd. About 20 years ago, they didn't have a clue what an 'ST412
interface' was but they could understand 'MFM hard disk', for all the 2
descriptions specifiy different things.
And I've yet to meet a PC shop that knows what a DE9 connector is.
standard name for the connector; if you wanted an
/IBM/ keyboard, fair
Is it? I think if you want to any electronics distributor and asked for a
'PS/2 connector' they'd wonder what on earth you meant. a '6 pin
mini-DIN' on the other hand...
And I seem to rememebr that PS/2 was an IBM trade mark.
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.
There have been several PCs -- meaning IBM conpatible machines, I am not
going to be totally stupid -- that used interfaces/connectors other than
the above. Many Amstrads, for example. And the Olivetti M24 (AT&T6300).
It wouldn't suprise me if there was an HP PC that used an HP-HIL keyboard
interface. And of course the PC-jr.
And if oyu extend it to mean any machine that runs MS-DOS, there are all
sorts of other ones (Rainbow -- LK201 keyboard, HP150 -- Its own custom
12V-level interface, HP150-II -- HP-HIL, etc)
-tony