RE: RE: [OT] (ish) ASUS Mobo question

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank Paul, that's a good idea actually.. - and if it's keyboards that
sometimes have problems, then I could use the "real" onboard PS2
port
for the keyboard, and just put the mouse through a USB adapter...

Cheers.

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 18 January 2009 12:11
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] RE: [OT] (ish) ASUS Mobo question
>
> The manual for the Asus P5Q-E doesn't specifically mention it - but
> then I've had Asus boards that have extra contents in the box that
> weren't mentioned.
>
> Even if it doesn't, you could use a PS/2 to USB adaptor maybe?
> Something like...
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-2-x-PS2-
>
Convertor/dp/B000IHFOZ6/ref=pd_cp_ce_0?pf_rd_p=136153791&pf_rd_s=center
> -
>
41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000JVRQP2&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1PQEZ8
> 2D7Z7MARPESK7Q
>
> Only downside it seems is the backslash key has problems with some of
> these devices.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Paul Gordon
> > Sent: 18 January 2009 11:57
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] (ish) ASUS Mobo question
> >
> >
> > Does anyone here have one of the ASUS motherboards that feature a
> > single
> > shared PS2 socket on the back for both keyboard & mouse? -
This
seems
> a
> > fairly common feature across a number of their range...
> >
> > What I want to know is, does this allow only ONE of the PS2
devices
> to
> > be attached at a time, or does it come with a little splitter to
> allow
> > the use of both a PS2 keyboard & mouse simultaneously? - I'm
thinking
> > of
> > getting one othese boards, but I want to use it with my existing
PS2
> > KVM
> > switch, so I'd much prefer to be able to stick to using PS2 for
both
> > devices.. - otherwise I'm going to have to fanny around setting
up a
> > separate USB keyboard or mouse *just* for that machine - thus
> negating
> > most of the point & benefit of having the KVM switch in the
1st
> > place....
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> >
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