EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 5:44 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: RE: [H] USB - PS2 convertor and Microsoft Ergo 4000
At 07:01 PM 2/25/2006, Hunter, Gary typed:
>How did I know Chris would have the answer, even if it was one I didn't
At 07:01 PM 2/25/2006, Hunter, Gary typed:
How did I know Chris would have the answer, even if it was one I didn't
want to hear :-(
Is there something close to it that is PS2 compatable. If there is I
will take my 4000 to work and buy the alternative for home.
I especially love the padded wrist
ssage-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CW
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:52 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: RE: [H] USB - PS2 convertor and Microsoft Ergo 4000
Because the Ergo4000 uses the new managable HID, there is no way to make
it PS2 compatible. Th
From: "Neil Davidson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:04:02 -0600
To: "'The Hardware List'" hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: RE: [H] USB - PS2 convertor and Microsoft Ergo 4000
> Regular PS2/USB keyboards autodetect which interface they are plugged in
Regular PS2/USB keyboards autodetect which interface they are plugged into
and change their signalling/power accordingly. I'm guessing that the Ergo
4000 is using a new controller chip from the previous models and does not
support this dual mode of operation. Seems a little odd, the savings in that
D] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:33 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] USB - PS2 convertor and Microsoft Ergo 4000
Don't know why it won't work in PS2, but I bought a Ergo 4000 a while
back for my home machine. I like it quite a bit--I was avoiding a
Don't know why it won't work in PS2, but I bought a Ergo 4000 a while back
for my home machine. I like it quite a bit--I was avoiding all MS keyboards
since the original MS Natural, but I finally found one that I think is a
replacement for it. The only real downside for me was that it is differe
