[ltp] External mouse trouble

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Sat, 22 May 2004 03:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
Antiphon <antiphon99@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> As most 600 users are aware, the TP 600 series cannot
> use a keyboard in its sole PS/2 slot.

Can't you get a Y-adapter that will let you plug a keyboard and mouse into
the PS2 port?  You can for most of the other older Thinkpads...

> After doing a bit of googling, I discovered that this
> seems to be a bit of a problem with tps. Has anyone on
> the list successfully configured a thinkpad to use an
> external ps/2 wheelmouse?

>From what I've read, you need to disable the trackpoint in the BIOS if you
want to do this.

What about a small USB hub so you can plug in a USB mouse and a USB
keyboard?

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