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From(H. Peter Anvin)
SubjectRe: Display and keyboard drivers configuration option for embedded systems
DateTue, 7 Jan 1997 13:44:33 -0800 (PST)
> I believe the hardware _is_ identical.  It would be amusing for somebody
> to do a driver so that you could plug a second keyboard into your PS/2
> mouse port.  Quite what you'd do with it then, I'm not sure, but I imagine
> people will think of something, given a sufficiently sick imagination.  I
> suppose buying VGA cards and PS/2 mouse interfaces is cheaper than buying
> computers, and you could theoretically devise some scheme to pair up
> screens and keyboards with virtual consoles... 

I believe you're right, since on some machines you can plug one into
the other OK...

	-hpa

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