In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Todd Vierling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >: Without a question: PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors. Impossible >: to tell from each other, > >And this part is somewhat funny, too, because the PS/2 connector layout is >capable of having both devices share the same bus (there's two unconnected >pins, which some laptops use to provide alternate CLK/DATA signals). > >If PS/2 mice used the unconnected pins rather than the same CLK/DATA pins as >the keyboard, all machines could simply have two connectors using all six >pins and you'd be able to plug either device into either socket.
Actually a PC can detect if a mouse or keyboard is plugged in and behave appropiately - there were PCs (I forget which) on which it didn't matter what port you used for kbd or mouse, it all just worked. In fact 2 kbds is quite possible as well. So that is basically a software problem. Mike.
