Re: Keyboard errors

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From: Steve Hultquist (ssh_at_wwsi.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 1997 - 14:01:24 EST

billy_at_MIX.COM wrote:
> > I have an ERROR 08603 when I plug a keyboard into the
> > keyboard / mouse port and the computer stops.
>
> My Hardware Maintenance Manual Vol. 2: Thinkpad Computers (Oct 94)
> says an 860x error is a pointing device error when the TrackPoint II
> is disabled. It says first check the external mouse, then the ext.
> keyboard and finally try replacing the system board.
>
> It looks like you need a mouse too, or maybe one of those adapter
> cables that plugs both the keyboard and mouse into the same socket?

This is correct. The port is for either:

1) A mouse
2) A Y-jack that plugs into both a mouse and a keyboard

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