On 11/10/2011 06:41 PM, Rob Malpass wrote:
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> Hi all
>
> My "mean machine" arrived today (Intel i7 2600, 8Gb DDR3) barebones
> and I need to build it. The thing is, I'm seeing a huge bundle of
> unfamiliar connectors - can anyone help?
>
> My main concern is keyboard and mouse - there's only one ps2 on the
> back of the mobo. I can think of 2 solutions:
>
> 1) Buy a ps2 female to usb male and use my ps2 mouse with that. [In
> fact it'll be connected to my kvm] The only thing I'm worried about
> here is whether the mouse will be correctly detected.
>
> 2) As I'm chucking out the Mac mini I bought 5 years ago and basically
> never used, it so happens that I have an existing 2 ps2 female to 1
> usb male adapter. Is this any better than 1) above.
>
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> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
>
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On the easier subject of USB / PS2 connectors, my experience has been that
ps2 to USB adaptors work for meece and not for keyboards. This is limited
to a few systems and a few keyboards, so it may not be universal. I am
currently using a 2 x ps2 to USB adaptor such as you describe but only
the mouse is connected through it.
I sometimes see a delay of several seconds in the mouse becoming
usable after KVM switchover, so the arrangement isn't ideal.
MikeD
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