[rescue] Quick, stupid Indy question

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Sat Dec 20 18:08:14 CST 2003


On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 3:04pm, Steve Hatle wrote:
> I was gifted an Indy a while back. My impression was that Indy could 
> work
> with PS/2 mice and keyboards. However, when booting up 8 out of 10 
> times,
> the Indy will complain that no keyboard was detected. When it does come 
> up,
> it seems to work OK. I've tried more than one keyboard.
>
> Am I wrong in my impression that I can use PS/2 peripherals? I quick 
> Google
> seems to indicate it should work fine. If my impression is correct, 
> what
> other things might be wrong/should I check? The hardware seems pretty
> vanilla, Irix is 5.3.

   Theuy do indeed use PS/2 keyboards and mice...not sure what could be 
going on there.  Perhaps the keyboard interface is flaky?

    -Dave



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