6 May
2012
6 May
'12
12:57 p.m.
What the USB naysayers haven't said though is
exactly why USB is not
suitable for keyboards and mice.
Yes I have.
As for me, none of the three machines here have a PS/2 port for kb's or mice
- and no loss either - I can plug those into wherever I want rather than
being forced to locate them to the back of the machines. The other thing
Eh> If you want PS/2 poerts on the front of the machine, it's triviel to
make up extension leads.
Having a host that will accept a keyboard on the USB poer is OK,. You cna
get cheap interface connverters to use PS/2 keyboards (and mice)/. The
problem comes when you have a host that has only a PS/2 port and you find
that PS/2 keyboartds are no longer made....
too, is I only need one of each for all three boxes
and can swap them whener
I want. PS/2 interfaces don't fare quite so well when the machine is on.
I've nmever had any problems hot-swappign PS/2 dvices. It's not
recomended, but....
-tony