[Oberon] Re (2): PS/2-USB adapters; was Re: Project Oberon 2013 on GitHub?

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Sometimes we must accept living with danger.
If the mouse gets damaged it's a a pity.
More so if the system's mouse port gets damaged.
But the hardware is less important than your data.
==
Previously Prez. Zuma's boys came after dark and tied me up and stole
my net-book, with DebEtch & LNO on the SD. ...etc.
Recently some came and stole the PC...etc & brass water taps.
So I moved to a safer location.
A major reason to migrate to rPi, is that they can't see that as having value.
Since I needed to migrate from IDE to SATA, I needed an old MOBO
which catered for both.  It just lays on the table, with a PSU-fan attatched
above a CPU heat-sink by string, and wire going everywhere.
They won't steal that either.  Only the display is vunerable.
==
I was so lucky, when they stole the PC, that I'd taken the 2 IDEs to work
at another location, and the one left on the table was seen as having no
value.

== Chris Glur.





On 4/11/14, peter at easthope.ca <peter at easthope.ca> wrote:
> My comments should have been more clear.
>
> From:	Jan Verhoeven <jan at verhoeven272.nl>
> Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:30:30 +0200
>> I have used them some times but never fried a mouse...
>> Perhaps this one is better:
>> http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_61244/merkmale.html
>
> Any adapter such as those you cited, from a vendor with an
> intention to continue in business and a reputation to customers
> is more likely to be reliable.
>
> The adapter I tested was an inexpensive unbranded thing purchased
> via eBay.  I mentioned it for readers who aren't aware that an
> adapter can ruin a mouse.
>
> Conversely, I use two inexpensive USB-SDHC adapters with no problems.
> Inexpensive doesn't necessarily mean bad.
>
> Regards,                ... Peter E.
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