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Offline tp4tissue

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back on PS/2
« on: Thu, 07 April 2022, 11:05:01 »
It just feels m0ar 1337

We know it goes across the same PCH,  buh_Interrupts.

Thoughts ?

Ya'll still runnin' Classic ?

Do ps/2 inputs feel more _Raw ?

« Last Edit: Fri, 08 April 2022, 09:52:43 by tp4tissue »
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Re: back on PS/2
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 07 April 2022, 23:26:13 »
I'm calling your bluff, your Ergodox doesn't have a PS/2 interface, thus this is merely a hypothetical scenario.

I used an F AT with a passive PS/2 adapter for a while. I use way too many different computers for that to be very practical though.
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Re: back on PS/2
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 08 April 2022, 09:20:59 »
Tp4 haz 2x ergodox on 2 diff main'puters.

Tp4 has over 30 operational computers in all, 50+ in parts..

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Re: back on PS/2
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 08 April 2022, 10:04:38 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 08 April 2022, 09:20:59
Tp4 haz 2x ergodox on 2 diff main'puters.

Tp4 has over 30 operational computers in all, 50+ in parts..

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So you use something other than an Ergodox, with a PS/2 interface? Seems implausible.

What are we considering PS/2? Straight up pure PS/2, or with the use of adapters? I haven't used a desktop at work at all since they took my old one away, so very few systems I use at work even have that interface baked in and I sometimes have significant irritation trying to get PS/2 actually functioning in modern iterations of Windows (seemingly depending on the hardware involved). Linux usually seems pretty plug and play.

It is always nice just being able to use PS/2 to free up USB ports and give the bus a break. I don't know that I have ever noticed anything more about it other than the novelty of using a nearly dead interface, which is inherently entertaining.
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Re: back on PS/2
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 08 April 2022, 10:52:28 »
My understanding was that when there were both purple and aqua sockets on the motherboard you "probably" had an actual PS/2 connection, but when there is a single purple/aqua mini-DIN6 socket you are almost certainly getting a converted USB connection.

Not that it matters, I haven't gotten a 2-socket motherboard in a decade or more, but I have at least a couple of old boxes that would probably happily run a light Linux distro if I ever get around to it.
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Re: back on PS/2
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 08 April 2022, 11:57:47 »
the converted usb supports nkro ?
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Re: back on PS/2
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 13 April 2022, 15:11:00 »
Looks like PS/2 can support NKRO
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