Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 17:00:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Corey Snow <corey@snowpoint.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stupid Mouse Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207061658380.36121-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <3D26E801.17778.4F81B0D@localhost>
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On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Corey Snow wrote: > Well, I've never tried to do something like this, but it may simply > be that you can't go very far with a PS/2 mouse- I've never heard of > a cable length limit per se, and I've used up to 6 foot extensions > for KVMs in the past with no troubles, but 25 feet might be pushing > it. Google searches indicate that setting the keyboard clock lower than 8MHz may help--if your BIOS allows that (mine doesn't). It's a problem with cable capacitance. Odd that they have cables for this, though. The good news is I relocated things so a 10-foot USB extension cable just reaches, and it seems to be working. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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