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Re: Twiddler2 PS/2 question

From: John McKown <>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 07:58:02 -0700

If you don't mind my saying so you guys are really stretching what
passive means.  It used to mean, more or less, "contains no transistors
or integrated circuits."  In this thread it seems to mean doesn't plug
into the mains. USB and PS/2 are very different.  Those converters, no
matter how small, have got to have some sort of microcontroller inside.

Craig M. Armstrong wrote:

>If it's one of the "two PS/2 to one USB" composite adapters, then it
>probably won't work with my IOGEAR KVM. I've tried several of them,
>including IOGEARs own (GUC10KM) and the mouse doesn't work. That's why
>I'm looking to use individual passive adapters for the keyboard and
>mouse, but since they are passive, they depend on the device to handle
>the signals correctly, and not all mice/keyboards do.
>  
>

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