Question about IPAC keyboard passthrough port

[2PacMan]

Just a quick question about the IPAC.  Why does it have that keyboard passthrough port on it?  I just have my keyboard plugged into the regular port on the computer with my IPAC plugged into the USB port and both appear to be working fine.

Am i missing something?  Why would you plug the keyboard into the IPAC??

[JoyMonkey]

I use DOS, and AFAIK the IPac won't work in DOS with a USB connection (maybe it works with more recent motherbaords that recognize USB keyboards, but that's not me) so it's easier for me to avoid USB and use the keyboard passthrough.

[eggedd2k]

it's for a pure ps2 setup - i.e. no usb ipac and no usb keyboard

[2PacMan]

Oh, i see now...ok, thanks!

[Veinman]

Is it safe to assume that my IPAC ps/2 would play nicely alongside a USB keyboard? Just to clarify, I want to make the standard ps/2 connection with my IPAC, but instead of plugging another ps/2 keyboard into the pass-through, I want to hook up a USB keyboard.

[eggedd2k]

it should do. usb and ps2 connectors use different irq's so they wouldnt interfer with one another 

[markrvp]

Is it safe to assume that my IPAC ps/2 would play nicely alongside a USB keyboard? Just to clarify, I want to make the standard ps/2 connection with my IPAC, but instead of plugging another ps/2 keyboard into the pass-through, I want to hook up a USB keyboard.

Yes, that will work fine.  The computer sees two keyboards and they both work.

[CJK]

Is it safe to assume that my IPAC ps/2 would play nicely alongside a USB keyboard? Just to clarify, I want to make the standard ps/2 connection with my IPAC, but instead of plugging another ps/2 keyboard into the pass-through, I want to hook up a USB keyboard.

I have mine set up exactly the opposite, but as Mark says, it works just fine.

-- Chris