[Coco] Introducing the next generation of Color Computer, the CoCo-X

[Aaron Wolfe]

USB is standard on home computers, but PS/2 is still very much alive
in business and high end devices.  Business use PS/2 because it
eliminates the security concerns with USB (which is typically disabled
to prevent removable storage, etc).  PS/2 offers better performance
for gaming so is preferred in that realm as well.

You might not find man PS/2 devices in a retail store, but they are
still being made for the business and high end markets and easy to
acquire.



On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com> wrote:
> I didn't pay much attention to the mention of ps2 keyboard and mouse ports. I guess that's because I've got a bunch of them here at home.
> I agree with Alan about dropping ps2 support. Going to microcenter and fry's I'm seeing that ps2 keyboards and mice are becoming rare and I wouldn't be
> surprised if they become unavailable in a few years. The world is going usb.
>
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> Frank
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> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 07:40:55PM -0500, Allen Huffman wrote:
>> On Mar 20, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Gary Becker <Gary_L_Becker at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse port
>>
>> Why make a new design using outdated ports? (Now someone will chime in and point out the USB->PS2 adapters, and then I will point out in most cases, they only work if the keyboard itself is capable of speaking PS2 style, and there are keyboards that will not work with it).
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>> Everything else looks quite intriguing.
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