Re: [MLUG] Looking for a USB Keyboard.

["Bob Avery-Babel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Could you use a plain old free ps2 keyboard and use a usb adaptor to plug it in? Surely someone has about a million of both of those lying around. - Bob

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Rick Buford <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Reply-To: MLUG Members <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:24:43 -0600

>Christian M. Cepel wrote:
>
>> No no...  all those stores have USB keyboards...  Just not ones w/o 
>> internal USB hubs.  It's the hub that the Belkin KVM is barfing on.
>>
>> Spectrum (I guess they're calling themselves 'Tiger Tech') has one for 
>> $40 *laugh*
>>
>> Ratshack was a great suggestion... Thanks.  They do indeed have a 
>> plain-jane used to order em off pricewatch for $4-$7 generic (this was 
>> ps/2 back in that day) with no blasted hub and such... but they want 
>> twice what its worth... for their price I could buy one of the bells 
>> and whistles, internal hub, all sorts of assignable keys... of course 
>> it wouldn't work with my system.
>>
>> I expect this is the way I'll have to go, assuming they'll honor the 
>> tax-exemption of the University tax-exempt Pro cards.
>>
>> I really don't understand why it's barfing on the Dell keyboard with 
>> the hub... for goodness sake, when I plug an old mac USB keyboard into 
>> it, the mouse that's plugged into the keyboard works (so does the 
>> keyboard), as well as a flash drive.
>>
>> Thanks.  At least there's light at the end of this here tunnel.
>>
>I guess I'm confused. You have a Dell USB hub that won't work with a 
>"standard" USB keyboard (the kind with their own internal hub and 
>usually a connection or two on the kb itself)? Would it be easier to 
>just replace the Dell hub?
>
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