At the office we have some harddrive enclosures that output 12V and 5V on a plug that looks suspiciously like a PS/2 plug. Upon closer inspection, this power plug is infact a PS/2 plug and happily plugs into any PS/2 socket - there would be much wailing and gnashing of teeth if that should happen when the power is on!
Brad
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:39 +1200, C. Falconer wrote:
Why not Steve?
<rant> The PS/2 plug is the work of El Diablo. It is a round plug â like a RCA, RF or 3.5mm mini-pin. However, unlike those plugs, there is only one way to plug in a PS/2 plug, which is not easy to do as the socket is * At the rear of the computer, * In the dark (under a desk), * On the floor, and * Next to an identical socket that under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you plug it in to. For convenience, the two PS/2 sockets are colour coded so you can tell them apart if the machine was not in the dark under a cramped desk! Then, just for giggles, if you plug-in or unplug your keyboard while the machine is going, then you run the risk for frying the computer! </rant>
USB keyboards are a lot better than PS/2 keyboards. They are easier to plug in, you can use any of the USB sockets on your machine, and you can plug it in or unplug it while the machine is going without damaging anything!
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