[BC] computer question

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:25 pm, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 06/01/2006 4:37:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> curt at spam-o-matic.net writes:
> 
> >  Try the mouse on the keyboard port, and vice versa.
> >   Normally, it's not workable at all, but does the machine do ANYTHING
> >   when the mouse is sending "random" key presses, and the keyboard
> >   is sending "random" mouse movements ?
> 
> They use different pins, so this won't happen. That's how laptops are able to 
> use single port for both, with a simple "Y" cable allowing mouse & keyboard 
> simultaneously on that one port.

 You may be right, but memories of a certain unmarked case tell me it'll
 do something resembeling random key presses.

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Cowboy