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Post #ApPuzkbPOEiBnLax5E by [email protected] |
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Given that PS/2 keyboard/mice are electrically compatible and just use a differ… |
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Post #ApPv5aHOgNnZW7159M by [email protected] |
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make it extensible (keyboards are protocol 0, mice are protocol 1, let microsof… |
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Post #ApPv9aIiXsDCk1Xddg by [email protected] |
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would USB have caught on if the PC already had its own shitty slow USB? |
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Post #ApPvE5zEgF02Aga29A by [email protected] |
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the keyboard protocol is SO slow. You have no idea. Try making a keyboard that … |
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Post #ApPvHwqebB90zHP3S4 by [email protected] |
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@foone ADB was nice. |
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Post #ApPvO0c7VkvoP5Ul04 by [email protected] |
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@foone would've really loved this as a child |
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Post #ApPvRCCms4JdDrAK0G by [email protected] |
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I wonder if the original PC/XT protocol is faster, technically?That one is a we… |
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Post #ApPvZjhEEhzLPSTbOa by [email protected] |
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PC/XT is unidirectional and it's very, very simple. AT introduced a two-way… |
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Post #ApPvdNcmEyiG768Epk by [email protected] |
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it's 2024, your wireless RGB mechanical gaming keyboard is using a protocol… |
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Post #ApPvirXYRSYcLMIrtg by [email protected] |
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Anyway the main reason I was thinking about this is because PS/2-as-ADB would l… |
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Post #ApPvlPS1Kk0m5wvgCu by [email protected] |
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you couldn't have a joystick that acted as a keyboard, or a mouse with a si… |
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Post #ApPvowSH57LBK9jTVY by [email protected] |
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because the AT & PS/2 motherboards only have one Keyboard Hole |
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Post #ApPvsw0WggVB5ueogi by [email protected] |
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but obviously people wanted dual keyboards for assorted reasons, and the way yo… |
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Post #ApPvvZ6sHDQownsgiG by [email protected] |
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@foone That's right, it goes in the keyboard hole |
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Post #ApPvyN4lTX8EUeESa8 by [email protected] |
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@foone our keyboard sends a combined Boot-protocol and full-nkro bitmap report,… |
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Post #ApPw4WxBfA32rlcno0 by [email protected] |
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@foone but thats what happens when you plug two keyboards into a computer.... |
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Post #ApPwHFZ1d2WyhJO9BY by [email protected] |
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@foone did anything/anyone ever try to use the two way xt/at/ps2 keyboard proto… |
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Post #ApPwK3jg3uRIsji6wi by [email protected] |
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@foone someone tested it on youtube, PS2 keybaords have less latency than usb. |
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Post #ApPwmKTfPUEauihZrs by [email protected] |
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@foone I've gotten so frustrated. It seems to me that systems are, if anyth… |
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Post #ApPwyZwHkZ6wLGveLo by [email protected] |
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@foone Weren't there some laptops that shipped with a combi keyboard/mouse … |
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Post #ApPx2QDBrG35KcfVk8 by [email protected] |
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you usually saw this with barcode scanners: they'd have a "keyboard we… |
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Post #ApPx5uXtX8xCHO160G by [email protected] |
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this complexity meant you couldn't "just" be a keyboard.Your mous… |
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Post #ApPx8V4Mi5zq8QRHpQ by [email protected] |
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this was trivially fixable but no on did because they were all just compatible … |
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Post #ApPxD0MmI5VAMKCQlM by [email protected] |
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@shrekonsec Yeah. Laptops often did that, because they only had room for one PS… |
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Post #ApPxJHm4Tts45Q1ch6 by [email protected] |
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@RueNahcMohr that makes sense. For historical reasons, PS/2 is wired to an IRQ … |
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Post #ApPxivgjDgLb7Hko76 by [email protected] |
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@foone Ah, but can you hot-plug this shitty slow USB in an electrically sound m… |
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Post #ApPxlCt0FUwh2Ba6K0 by [email protected] |
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@cavyherd it's bad. it's a rabbit hole I've avoided going into beca… |
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Post #ApPxnhHSDM0ZscCnoW by [email protected] |
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@wdormann if people were hotplugging it all the time, motherboards would start … |
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Post #ApPy3b0BKG3X2Zhvma by [email protected] |
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@foone It's like: "Moore's Law—hahahahah you're so cute—&q… |
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Post #ApPy66isMKuC04oJSy by [email protected] |
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@4censord They implemented extra protections to make it hotpluggable. That'… |
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Post #ApPyK6FotlPibJtMga by [email protected] |
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@fooneI'd like to share this story with youhttps://devblogs.microsoft.com/o… |
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Post #ApPydqWT660hbP5wZM by [email protected] |
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@foone one area where PS/2 keyboard owned their USB counterparts… being able … |
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Post #ApPzFLNJLt9y0HgxaS by [email protected] |
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@alxhu I've read that before. I wonder what this company did when USB came … |
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Post #ApPzjfJlllOEXiUg4m by [email protected] |
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@foone hell yeah, I remember when you had to reboot if you wanted to switch key… |
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Post #ApPznb9bC2Ecmpc06C by [email protected] |
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@foone didn't both mouse and keyboard use the opposite two pins on the ps/2… |
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Post #ApPznbGglfuF8ovf9M by [email protected] |
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@kalimari Nah, they use the same pins. Some ports have a secondary pair of pins… |
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Post #ApPznbMiPGj7RVkTXk by [email protected] |
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@foone I guess those pins are just left floating for other reasons |
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Post #ApPznbS25Uypi0Eipc by [email protected] |
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@kalimari They're normally not connected, yeah. |
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Post #ApQ0SNacWrwWahhHBw by [email protected] |
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@drwho we're back there again. I was looking at a 9$ keyboard the other day… |
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Post #ApQ33LtpyXFvyLRXiS by [email protected] |
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@foone Only now, after years of hotswapping PS/2 keyboards and mices without is… |
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Post #ApQ3EsQTNpbk2KCgiG by [email protected] |
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@foone was not expecting a reference to ADB this evening. I remember that from … |
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Post #ApQ3Uj9RdN4HuAnT96 by [email protected] |
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@foone... and still doesn't handle multitouch correctly |
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Post #ApQ57gx9qAp2KrC36G by [email protected] |
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@Pyxaron yeah, same. I hotswapped them all the time.You can get lucky, and some… |
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Post #ApQ8LXAhIxZdumooMq by [email protected] |
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@foone @shrekonsec Quite a few (not-anymore-so) recent motherboards do the same. |
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Post #ApQ8do2NKx7rR4dfCC by [email protected] |
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@foone @alxhu Ironically, most recent mini desktop PCs have a USB port marked w… |
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Post #ApQMG9CgO9ELUR4Zcm by [email protected] |
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@foone Yeah, i've looked up how it works, makes sense that you wouldn't… |
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Post #ApQoq6VMhGesGHkFm4 by [email protected] |
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@foone imagine computer keyboards were an european invention with different lay… |
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Post #ApQxfRPhWAi7Vj5Onw by [email protected] |
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@foone just imagine being able to charge your phone using abominations named ďż˝… |
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Post #ApRlnPyNklr54FIyUi by [email protected] |
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@foone plenty of late 90s and early 00s laptops did this. |
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Post #ApSIdvyRDVl7uMPtQ0 by [email protected] |
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@foone The old Apple ADB was 1200 baud, BUT it could daisy chain and plug in mu… |
