[Info-vax] keyboard woes

Robert A. Brooks FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com
Sat Jul 4 17:47:32 EDT 2020


On 7/4/2020 3:47 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> Don't ever hot-plug an OpenVMS PS2 keyboard. On at least some systems, that can 
> damage the hardware.

Damage the keyboard itself, or the junk I/O port?

I've got a LK keyboard with a PS/2 connector that I connect to various Windows 
systems with PS/2-to-USB dongles, and I've never had an issue; perhaps I've
just been lucky.

-- 
                  -- Rob



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