interesting observation about usb keyboards...

[Mday]

if you hold down 2 keys that produces something, they repeat consecutively. now with a ps2 keyboard, only the key pressed last gets repeated

 

[Sluggo]

<< i hate math.
. i hate math.
.. i hate math.
... i hate math. >>






USB keyboards also have that annoying tendency to repeat lines of text.

 

[Rallispec]

my usb keyboard has a built in hub... but its really underpowered and if i plug anything more than my optical mouse into it, its starts complaining and yells at me.

 

[woodly6]

<< my usb keyboard has a built in hub... but its really underpowered and if i plug anything more than my optical mouse into it, its starts complaining and yells at me. >>



What does it say when it yells at you?


Testing theory: hfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhf (true)

 

[Rallispec]

<< What does it say when it yells at you? >>



well i'm sure exactly.. its kind of late and my brain no function so well.. but its something along the lines of: "this usb hub does not sufficient power to operate the following devices. XXX XXX, press okay to terminate the process" and then all my usb stops working unil i unplug everything and then just put one thing in at a time. I rarely use my keyboard as a hub though, becuase i have a real usb hub that is powered and doesnt yell at me. sometimes i'm just too lazy to reach around and plug things into it.

testing theory
ghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(true, right now i have my keyboard plugged into the ps/2 thingy, and it has a seperate wire that goes to the usb outlet that goes to the hub .)

 

[Nefrodite]

hm my ms internet pro plugs into both ps2 and usb, does the usb draw power from ps2 for usb devices? no alternating for me

 

[samarth]

<< if you hold down 2 keys that produces something, they repeat consecutively. now with a ps2 keyboard, only the key pressed last gets repeated >>


not true for mine...

 

[Rallispec]

<< hm my ms internet pro plugs into both ps2 and usb, does the usb draw power from ps2 for usb devices? no alternating for me >>



same keyboard i have.. power is drawn from the USB as far as i can tell.. my doesnt alternate either.

 

[helpme]

What if you mash the whole key pad?

 

[gopunk]

jkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

sorry, no go on mine.