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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
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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


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