Hi Jan, > When I use a splitter and connect the keyboard to the corresponding > connector on the spiltter, the Q68 freezes at the boot loader screen > even if the mouse is not connected.
The simple reason is that most (not all) splitter cables lead the mouse to the primary PS/2 port. This was to also allow a mouse to be used on a PC laptop without splitter cable. Which made sense, because Laptops have a builtin keyboard. But on the Q68 it is more important to have the keyboard on the primary PS/2 port, so it can be used without splitter. To achieve this, I swapped the ports, compared to most PC laptops. In other words, most splitter cables are not correctly labelled for a Q68. > I have to reverse keyboard and mouse plugs to make it work. Which is absolutely normal. > Of course this has no relationship with Minerva > or SMSQ/E (which hasn't even started up yet) but it might have something > to do with interrupts or firmware (which I'm not familiar with, it's > Peter's design). Not at all. The labelling of your splitter cable simply needs to be swapped to reflect the Q68 pinout. Peter _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
