From: Chris Osborn (fozztexx_at_fozztexx.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 1996 - 19:56:59 EST
On Dec. 04 96, 15:50 PST, "Eric Wong" <etw3_at_columbia.edu> wrote:
> What an amazing hassle it was to get a keyboard attached to my
> Thinkpad. The manual states that I need a special "keyboard/mouse
> connector" to accomplish this. It appears that not only is this
> item extremely difficult to find, but at least one place I talked
> to wanted $42.99 for it. Ridiculous!!
But *why* do you need the adapter? I thought PS/2 ports would
happily take either a mouse or a keyboard, and didn't really care.
I thought they were a lot like ADB in that regard. If I only want
to hook up one or the other, what's the Y adapter needed for?
--- Chris Osborn, Network Administrator Napa Valley College 707 253 3130 - Voice 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy. 707 253 3063 - Fax Napa, CA 94558 <fozztexx_at_nvc.cc.ca.us> <http://www.nvc.cc.ca.us/~fozztexx>
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