[Coco] MCC-216

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

and you can always use an inexpensive ps2 to usb adapter...

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Gustavo Ranaur Schoenaker
> <ranaur at ranaur.net> wrote:
>> Gary,
>>
>> Will the CoCo3FPGA run on an Altera DE-II board? I know it's 100 bucks more
>> expensive, but the DE-I allows only PS2 keyboards and those keyboards are
>> getting tough to find, and there is no doubt that USB is going to rule them
>
> Actually, PS/2 ports are very common on brand new servers and
> enterprise class PCs, even many laptops (often the laptops have only a
> single ps/2 port).
>
> This is because USB is far *too* flexible for any kind of security in
> a business environment.  Disabling USB altogether on these devices and
> using PS/2 for input devices is an easy fix to the problem of somebody
> plugging in various mass storage, networking, or god knows what to the
> company network.
>
> PS/2 keyboards are not difficult to find at all and are sold new from
> manufacturers like HP, Dell, IBM, Keytronic, Logitech, Microsoft etc
> etc.  All of the top end gaming or "pro" keyboards use PS/2
> exclusively because USB keyboards do not support N-key rollover.
>
> So... off topic surely, but PS/2 is alive and well :)
>
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