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RandyT:


--- Quote from: penjuin on January 09, 2007, 08:36:07 am ---The frying you have heard of is actually the frying of the keyboard controller on the motherboard of the computer. This can happen if you keep plugging and unplugging a ps/2 keyboard or mouse. Thus anything that uses a ps/2 port has this problem.

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Well, not really.  This, for the most part, hasn't been an issue for motherboards made in the last 8-10 years.  My test system, for example, is an extreme case,  having been hotplugged on the PS/2 port many thousands of times and never had a problem.


--- Quote ---Also, you mentioned using a ps/2 -> usb converter. That is not a good idea. The ipac has been designed so that it can have as many keystrokes as possible at once and thus needs to use its own usb configuration. If you use that converter, you will inhibit your encoder to only 6 keys at one time. That may be ok for small games, but a street fighter like game with two players might get hectic.

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This is correct.  PS/2 to USB converters are generally a bad idea for most games.  They aren't designed for the task.


--- Quote ---As a point of comparison, the ps/2 port can take 20 keystrokes at once iirc.

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This is absolutely incorrect.  The PS/2 port has no limitation on simultaneous keystrokes.  USB, however, does.

RandyT


Scumgriever:


--- Quote from: patrickl on January 08, 2007, 06:24:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Scumgriever on January 08, 2007, 12:51:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: benarcade on January 08, 2007, 12:45:47 pm ---Why would anyone get it without the USB?

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I'm not sure that the cable is anything different from a standard USB to PS2 converter is it? If thats the case then lots of people have boxfulls of cables and converters lying around and may not want another.

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It is not a USB to PS2 converter cable. The ipac switches between USB and PS/2. The cable just connects it to the right connector.

Besides a PS/2 to USB keyboard convertor is not something many people will have laying around. Maybe you are confusing this with the ones for mice?

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Wait, so does that mean that the converter that I have, (similar to this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=776087&CatId=469 ), that came with a keyboard will not work with the IPAC? What is the diferent about the cord that I got with the IPAC?

rdowdy95:

I plan on buying the IPAC2 PS/2 version.  How long is the PS/2 cable that comes with this thing?

penjuin:

@RandyT, thanks for correcting me.

Unless the ipac uses a specific kind of wiring in the adapter, you should be able to use the one linked.

The cable my ipac came with was about 1m.

shardian:


--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on January 09, 2007, 06:23:31 pm ---I plan on buying the IPAC2 PS/2 version.  How long is the PS/2 cable that comes with this thing?

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6' , I believe.

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