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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.

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