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single PS/2 port

  • 04-03-2012 10:26PM
    #1
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭


    Why are manufactures still including a single PS/2 port that can be used for either a keyboard or mouse on their motherboards?

    Is there that many people still using PS2 keyboards & mice?

    They have started to get rid of IDE connectors & PCI slots so why keep the PS2 port?


    MorK.jpg


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    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



Comments

  • #2
    Bloodwing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭Bloodwing


    My MB has no PS2 ports. I could have done with one when I built it. My keyboard wasn't automatically recognized so i had to install windows and set up my internet connection using the on screen keyboard before i could download the drivers. Having a PS2 port would have made things a lot easier.


  • #3
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Neilos wrote: »
    My MB has no PS2 ports. I could have done with one when I built it. My keyboard wasn't automatically recognized so i had to install windows and set up my internet connection using the on screen keyboard before i could download the drivers. Having a PS2 port would have made things a lot easier.

    I've had issue too where a USB keyboard wasn't picked-up initially on a new build and resorted to using an old PS2 keyboard to do the OS install. Maybe that is one of the reasons Neilos?

    That picture in my original post is of a MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #4
    Bloodwing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭Bloodwing


    I actually got up into the attic, dug out an old PS2 keyboard (took me about 15 mins to find it), came back down and discovered no PS2 port. I was extremely pizzed off! I just took it for granted that the board would have one.


  • #5
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    We've quite a lot of keyboards which are still PS/2 in the office.


  • #6
    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,282 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    PS/2 keyboards are a lot better than USB ones. They support full NKRO, aren't polled but instead are interrupt based, and can't be delayed by other devices.


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