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Date:	Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:24:10 PDT7
From:	"Dave Watson" <david.watson@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: USB kbd (was warp 4 install diskettes)

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On 1 Jun 2003 at 21:12, eyeleica@lvcm.com wrote:
> ... a couple of old computers: a pentium 166 with 64 mgs of ram and a
> pentium 133 with the same amount of ram. ... I've acquired another old
> computer, an AMD K-6, but the problem with this is the ps/2 connection on
> the motherboard. At boot I get stoppage with error that the keyboard is
> faulty or missing. I am switching to a usb keyboard when it arrives

I hope it works, Butch. But you should probably check your bios to
make sure it recognizes USB keyboards. I had a board about that
vintage, a 200 or 233, I think, with a bad PS2 keyboard connection,
and a USB port, but it wouldn't recognize a USB keyboard on bootup,
either.

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