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Ipac Usb Vs, Ps/2

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Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: patrickl on June 17, 2004, 03:51:52 am ---But I understand Tiger-Heli's explanation. Of course KeyWiz would loose customers if people would understand they will have trouble finding PS/2 connectors in the near future.

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That is NOT what I said, although it is a clever re-wording of it.

What I DID say could be more accurately paraphrased as:

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If USB vs. PS/2 compatibility, performance, and connector availablity are issues for you (and I'm not sure they should be), then the I-PAC/2 and I-PAC/4 are better options than either the KeyWiz, I-PAC/VE or Mini-PAC, because the first two encoders allow you to choose either input mode.

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In other words, there are advantages either way - if you are building a DOS cab with an older PC that you got at a yard sale just for the arcade cab, you won't care much about USB support.  If you decide later that you want to make a desktop controller for your wife's PC to use, you may well want USB over PS/2.

Minwah:
I'm all for USB, but I'd like to see PS/2 stay.  I guess the fact that an IPAC in PS/2 mode can handle more simul. presses than in USB mode is a good indication that USB is not perfect...

And why the f*ck did they make the USB connector simetrical, its always the wrong way round!!

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: Minwah on June 17, 2004, 06:45:30 am ---And why the f*ck did they make the USB connector simetrical, its always the wrong way round!!

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WORD!!!!

patrickl:
I didn't mean that as a literal translation of what you said. It's more like a combination of ideas:
- users who need USB support need to get an I-PAC (taken from your message, again not literally, but that is one of the points I read in there)
- PS/2 will go away in something like 2 to 5 years

Put these together and some people might get the idea they better buy an I-PAC and be prepared for the future.

It's a problem discussing on a forum. When I write long messages people start picking on details that don't matter to the bigger issue and when I write a short message people can find interpretations in the message I never intended there :P

patrickl:

--- Quote from: Minwah on June 17, 2004, 06:45:30 am ---And why the f*ck did they make the USB connector simetrical, its always the wrong way round!!

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Hehe, yeah that USB connector is probably the worst ever. Allthough plugging in a PS/2 connector in the blind was never that easy either. I always found myself turning the plug around until it fit. I also tended to plug the keyboard in the mouse socket instead of the keyboard one.

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