Re: ISSUE: psaux does not load in 2.2.0pre6

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:46:13 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Actually, on a lot of hardware, inserting on removing a PS/2 mouse or keyboard
> while powered-on can fry the keyboard controller chip on the motherboard.
> It will work 99 times out of 100, but every so often the hardware will blow up.
> I've seen over a dozen machines fried this way over the years.

Intresting... Just recently we connected a ps2 mouse and keyboard to an LX
MB through a mechanical switch and switched it several hundred times. No
problems.

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