PS2 ROCKS!!

[gogeeta13]

I just got back from my buddies house. He was having laggy typing, and random key recognition. I pulled his USB keyboard, and dropped in a $2 PS2, it all works great now!;D

 

[zippy]

Yes it certainly does. 🙂

Why waste resources on USB when you have two PS2 ports? I have my keyboard hooked up to PS2 and my mouse came with a USB->PS2 converter that I use. 🙂

 

[rommel]

well i have a razer gaming mouse...they suggested the usb for better responce time i guess...but for a keyboard not sure it would make any real differance

 

[rommel]

but just out of curiousity...berfore you just switched to the ps2 did you check setup in the cmos and see is usb keyboard was enabled?

 

[m1ke101]

thought you were talking about the playstation 2, i was just about to post how you were a lucky bastard, well, guess i don't have to.

 

[gogeeta13]

rommel,
Yeah, usb was enabled

m1ke,
HA! playstation2? never, no CS on it😀

 

[gasmask]

IBM Model M PS/2=best keyboard ever

My keyboard is old enough to vote!

 

[OzzyBlood]

lol i also thought this was gonna be a thread on the ps2

 

[MGMorden]

I thought this was Playstation 2 too 🙂. I'm only mildly satisfied with my unit (I think I like my Dreamcast better than my PS2), but can't wait for Gamecube. It's gonna rock.

BTW, I'm for using the PS/2 stuff too. I did order a USB grey keyboard for one of my machines though b/c I couldn't find a grety PS/2 keyboard (has to match the case of the machine I'm building).

 

[RanDum72]

Another quirk about using USB keyboards and Mice is that they may not be recognized under winME when you are installing a fresh copy of windows unless you install the drivers. That means that you can't even navigate around.

 

[culex]

<< Another quirk about using USB keyboards and Mice is that they may not be recognized under winME when you are installing a fresh copy of windows unless you install the drivers. That means that you can't even navigate around. >>



Well yea, I had that problem before, but I wasn't totally stuck.

Keyboard navigating is possible... I've had to do it for 3 days when my only mouse bummed out and was waiting for a replacement from MS. It just takes much, much longer and requires tons of patience.

Needless to say, I actually got some work done, since I used to PC alot less 🙂

err and to stay even the slightest on-topic, yea I thought this was about Playstation 2 too. 🙂

And I use a PS/2 port for my mouse too... no reason to clog up a USB port when I have a port MADE for a mouse handy.

 

[Quaggoth]

YAH GASMASK!

Got a Model M myself 🙂
Copyright is 1984 IBM 🙂

 

[Raspewtin]

i use USB for mouse b/c i heard the refresh rate is much higher than on PS/2. I just switched my keyboard over to USB also and I haven't noticed any difference either way. nice thing about ps/2 mode for keyboard is that spacebar powers the whole system on, which doesn't happen when it's plugged into usb (on my computer, that is)

 

[yata]

Via chipset's USB is quirky.

 

[jthsmak]

I use a ps2 keyboard but my intellimouse optical is plugged in usb. Using the mouse rate checker I get about 120 updates/sec with usb and only about 80 with ps2 + rate set to 200hz. I'm in win2k.

 

[Shmorq]

Raspewtin, you can download programs that will increase the refresh rate of PS2 ports up to 200Hz, such as this one. I believe USB ports run at 120Hz so you should get better results with the PS2 hack if you can tell the difference.

[Edit]Oh... so I guess the PS2 hack doesn't live up to its claim...

 

[Floydian]

PS/2 rate works fine in win98, major difference 100hz->200hz for me, the logitech drivers let you set up to 200hz in win2k (or at least thats what mine say, for the newest ones out)