Re: Thinkpad keyboard/mouse connector

["Chris Osborn" <fozztexx@fozztexx.com>]

On Dec. 04 96, 15:50 PST, "Eric Wong" <etw3@columbia.edu> wrote:

> What an amazing hassle it was to get a keyboard attached to my
> Thinkpad.  The manual states that I need a special "keyboard/mouse
> connector" to accomplish this.  It appears that not only is this
> item extremely difficult to find, but at least one place I talked
> to wanted $42.99 for it.  Ridiculous!!

But *why* do you need the adapter? I thought PS/2 ports would
happily take either a mouse or a keyboard, and didn't really care.
I thought they were a lot like ADB in that regard.  If I only want
to hook up one or the other, what's the Y adapter needed for?

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