From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:38:03 +0200 Message-ID: From: To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: [9fans] mouse re-plug Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9a018018-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 DQpkZWFyIGFsbCwNCg0KaWYgaSB1bnBsdWcgdGhlIHBzMiBtb3VzZSBmcm9tIHJ1bm5pbmcgdGVy bWluYWwgYm94LCBhbmQgdGhlbiBwbHVnIGl0IGluIGFnYWluLA0KdGhlIG1vdXNlIGJlaGF2ZXMg dW5wcmVkaWN0YWJseSwgbmFtZWx5LCBldmVyeSBzbWFsbCBtb3Rpb24gbWFwcyBpbnRvIGEgYmln IGxlYXAgb2YgY3Vyc29yLg0KYW55IGlkZWE/DQp0aGFua3MsIGJlc3QgcmVnYXJkcywNCg0KKytw YWMNCg== From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <968de495bda41d7f95ad3e5858c90446@quintile.net> From: "Steve Simon" Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:21:49 +0100 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse re-plug In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9a844cc8-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in again, I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not hot-plugable, in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never have. -Steve From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60708020640k4d6aca38m788c91493ca73486@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:40:07 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse re-plug In-Reply-To: <968de495bda41d7f95ad3e5858c90446@quintile.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_54499_33040220.1186062007429" References: <968de495bda41d7f95ad3e5858c90446@quintile.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9ab1c32e-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_54499_33040220.1186062007429 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 8/2/07, Steve Simon wrote: > > > if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in > again, > > I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not > hot-plugable, > in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never > have. > > -Steve > I used to have a metal keyboard on an old 286. I had on hand on it with the other dangling down when my cat rubbed up and gave me a static shock... the computer's speaker then went on and stayed on. It's amazing what you can do to a computer with a PS2 port :-) (or was that an AT port). Luckilly it wasn't completely dead, but I think it didn't like "extra power" I applied. I've also not seen a metal keyboard case in a while. Good old Packard Bell Legend V and it's 16MHz of glory. Dave ------=_Part_54499_33040220.1186062007429 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 8/2/07, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
> if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in again,

I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not hot-plugable,
in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never have.

-Steve

I used to have a metal keyboard on an old 286.  I had on hand on it with the other dangling down when my cat rubbed up and gave me a static shock... the computer's speaker then went on and stayed on.

It's amazing what you can do to a computer with a PS2 port :-)  (or was that an AT port).

Luckilly it wasn't completely dead, but I think it didn't like "extra power" I applied.  I've also not seen a metal keyboard case in a while.  Good old Packard Bell Legend V and it's 16MHz of glory.

Dave
------=_Part_54499_33040220.1186062007429-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <668198a53fd6389d2358f482ff5dce4d@coraid.com> From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:49:02 -0400 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse re-plug In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60708020640k4d6aca38m788c91493ca73486@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9ab9beda-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ymmv. some computers don't mind being replugged. we do it to servers all the time. at home i use a cheep kvm ($29 at frys) to avoid replugging machines. - erik > > > > > if i unplug the ps2 mouse from running terminal box, and then plug it in > > again, > > > > I don't think you should be doing this, the ps2 interface is not > > hot-plugable, > > in theroy you can kill your mouse or computer doing this - though I never > > have. > > > > -Steve > > > > I used to have a metal keyboard on an old 286. I had on hand on it with the > other dangling down when my cat rubbed up and gave me a static shock... the > computer's speaker then went on and stayed on. > > It's amazing what you can do to a computer with a PS2 port :-) (or was that > an AT port). > > Luckilly it wasn't completely dead, but I think it didn't like "extra power" > I applied. I've also not seen a metal keyboard case in a while. Good old > Packard Bell Legend V and it's 16MHz of glory. > > Dave