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Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2007 16:33:40 schrieb Dan Farrell: |
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> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:44:29 +0100 |
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> Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2007 15:28:16 schrieb Dan Farrell: |
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> > > (windows refuses to hotswap mice, for example, and |
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> > > my techie windows-poweruser roommate insists that he's never been |
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> > > able to hotplug keyboards either, unless they were attached when the |
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> > > computer booted, although i'm almost positive he's wrong) |
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> > Sorry, if I get this wrong. This is about PS/2-Ports, right? |
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> > Well your roommate is right then, PS/2 is not hotpluggable. Neither |
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> > the protocol nor the plugs are designed for this kind of use. It |
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> > sometimes works, but there is always the danger, your computer gets |
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> > damaged. |
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> well, i definitely hotswap keyboards all the time and i've never once |
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> had a problem, even in windows. I guess mice have to be plugged in at |
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> boot to work, I can't use them after booting if they weren't. |
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> Kebyoards however work fine, even if they weren't plugged in when the |
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> computer booted. I didn't test it for windows. |
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I'd call this luck ;) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_connector |
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See "Potential Damage" |
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Regards, |
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Michael |
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