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Hot plugging a ps/2 mouse or keyboard used to be impossible (or at least, extremely unreliable). Hell, in older computers it could even physically damage your c
by joosters 12y ago
Hot plugging a ps/2 mouse or keyboard used to be impossible (or at least, extremely unreliable). Hell, in older computers it could even physically damage your computer!
I for one am glad that it has been replaced. Those 'good old days' weren't as good as you seem to remember them.
- astrodust 12y agoThe PS/2 connectors could glitch out, but generally it was okay to hot-plug those. SCSI on the other hand was so temperamental that if you pulled a connection even accidentally you could blow the entire chain of devices.