Re: 2 PS/2 keyboards possible?

[Andrew W. <qw...@gm...>]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 2:03 pm, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently started* my ambitions to set up a multiuser terminal, too,
> reusing a bunch of old computers, graphic cards, and whatever, hoping that
> at least some of the hardware got working driver :)
>
> Reading through all the documentation I stumbled over
> http://www.ltn.lv/~aivils/eng-hw.html and wondered:
> Is it really possible to connect a PS/2 keyboard to the port usually given
> to a PS/2 mouse? That would be great, for a two user setup with some serial
> card plugged in one wouldn't even need any USB device. So did I read
> correctly? Does this work out of the box?
I had no problems using two PS/2 keyboards with ruby (along with an RS-232 
serial mouse and a USB mouse). In fact, even without ruby, Linux seems to 
work fine with a PS/2 keyboard plugged into the mouse port.