Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Display and keyboard drivers configuration option for embedded systems | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:44:33 -0800 (PST) |
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> 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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