[Gllug] USB keyboard
Russell Howe
rhowe at siksai.co.uk
Sun Oct 1 16:42:44 UTC 2006
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 05:25:25PM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> Do I need to buy a mobo w/out a PS2 keyboard slot but a USB keyboard slot
You don't *need* to, no.
> do I take a (recent) mobo and just not plug in a PS2 keyboard but plug in a
> USB one and it will find and use the USB keyboard ?
Almost certainly.
Any motherboard from the past 5 years or so which has a USB slot will
do. If you want to be able to use PS/2 keyboards as well (or devices
which pretend to be PS/2 keyboards, such as some barcode scanners, card
readers etc), then you'll either want to ensure the board has one, or
get a PS/2 keyboard -> USB adapter.
Most BIOSes from the last few years work with a USB keyboard just fine.
Basically, plug a USB keyboard into any spare USB port and everything
should Just Work(tm)
Unless you go and try Windows 95 or something, but that would be silly
now, wouldn't it?
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