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On Jan 17, 2005, at 9:41, Henri Yandell wrote: > The connector on the end. PS/2 cables have circular ends while USB is > that flat rectangle shape. > > Virtually all Windows machines will have a green coloured PS/2 port > for the mouse, a purple coloured PS/2 port for the keyboard and 2 USB > slots. It's common for people like Dell to send a USB mouse, so the > PS/2 mouse port often goes unused, however it's rare to see USB > keyboards. > > I'm not sure if it's due to price, problems with usb keyboards on > wintels, or just to keep usb slots free for other devices. They often > ship a USB->PS/2 converter too, so sometimes I have the USB mouse > going into the PS/2 anyway, can be handy when you're playing with > obscure OSes. > > Hen > > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:54:49 -0500, Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> > wrote: >> Please elaborate on the difference between a usb mouse and a ps/2 >> keyboard >> Marta >> On Jan 16, 2005, at 12:42, Henri Yandell wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:47:26 -0500, Rob Kersting <laffmakr at aye.net> >>> wrote: >>>> Now you're getting the idea. >>>> >>>> The number one purpose of the Mac mini is to replace Wintel boxes. >>>> That >>>> means, you take it home, unplug your keyboard and monitor from the >>>> Wintel >>>> POS and plug it into the Mac mini and you're up and running. >>> >>> Biggest problem is the usb port for a keyboard. Most people will have >>> a usb mouse, but a ps/2 keyboard. >>> >>> They should throw in a free ps/2->usb converter with the mac-mini :) >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
