Re: Displaying and controlling my PC from any TV

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

The lappy I used to have disabled the "nipple" (huh huh, Beavis
he said
nipple) when you plugged a mouse in, but I never plugged a keyboard in, so
I don't know about that.

At 14:41 31/07/00 +0100, you wrote:
>This is actually quite common in laptops - all of them have some form
of
>built-in mouse device - either a "nipple" or a touchpad, and
nearly all of
>them also have a PS2 port to use a "proper" mouse. It's
almost always
>possible to have both pointing devices enabled at once, so either can
be
>used...
>
>Paul G.
>
>
> >
> >Now there's a surprise, I would have expected a PC (especially
windows) not
> >to like having two devices of the same type connected via 2
different
> >adaptors, because they both use different drivers, neither of
which I would
> >expect to know about the other, I would have expected only one of
them to
> >work.
> >
> >But there you go, expect the unexpected. :-)
> >
> >At 12:47 31/07/00 +0100, you wrote:
> > >I have had PS2 and USB mouse connected to a single computer
at the same
> > >time, no problem. Haven't tried two keyboards tho.
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >
> > >Graham
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
> > >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 1:09 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Displaying and controlling my PC from
any TV
> > >
> >
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