[ltp] External Keyboards on the TP600??

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:34:54 -0800

works fine on TP600 with external kbd and mouse.

belkin or pcco.ibm.com for order.

Sincerely,    William(Woody) Marvel
xSeries Linux Development; Beaverton, OR
503-578-3833/TL: 775   wmarvel@us.ibm.com

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Perhaps not every, but definately most.

Mine wasn't made by IBM, and it didn't specify IBM compatible on the box
either. It was  a PS/2 keyboard/mouse splitter or something to that affect.

I have heard you can use the IBM splitter on other laptops, though I can't
verify this claim.

-JohnF

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[mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of Ron Joffe
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:49 PM
To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Subject: Re: [ltp] External Keyboards on the TP600??

Not every ps/2 splitter will work!
You will need one specific to the thinkpad. I have tried this for myself.

Ron

On Tuesday 27 November 2001 06:25, you wrote:

> On Monday, 26. November 2001 22:52, Ron Joffe wrote:
> > James,
> >
> > Due to some unknown reasoning (at least not to me), IBM decided that
you
> > need a special splitter in order to be able to plug in a keyboard to
the
> > ps/2 slot. This splitter provides two ps/2 slots, one for keyboard, one
> > for mouse. I got mine from Belkin for about $20.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On Monday 26 November 2001 12:42, you wrote:
> > > Is the ps2 not capable of keyboard support? What about integrated
> > > kb/mouse combos? I guess USB is the only route? Thanks.
>
> AFAIK every standard PS/2 splitter will work. You don't need a special
> splitter made by IBM. I got an IBM port replicator with my 765L which
also
> has 2 PS/2 ports, one for mouse and one for keyboard.
>
> Tino
>
>
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