[ubuntu-uk] PS/2 port detection

Sean Miller sean at seanmiller.net
Sat Dec 18 09:48:29 GMT 2010


On 11 December 2010 23:29, Avi Greenbury <
avismailinglistaccount at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Jacob Mansfield wrote:
>
> > this *could* be as simple to fix as shoving a resistor into the
> > socket. Jacob Mansfield
> > Programmer
>
> It's a 5KOhm one between pins 1 and 5 apparently:
>
>
> http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/faq-emporium/62621-faq-fooling-pc-think-keyboard-plugged.html
>

Cor, how quaint... PS2 keyboards... takes me back to the 90s.

How do you put a resister between pins on a USB I wonder?

Sean
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