Can I hang an external Keyboard off my Thinkpad T22?

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abrogard · #1 Post by **abrogard** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:39 am

Can I hang an external Keyboard off my Thinkpad T22?

Seems to be only one PS2 port and that's for a mouse.

regards,

ab

#2 Post by **carbon_unit** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:08 am

I think you can use either a keyboard or a mouse in that port. If not you can use a USB keyboard.

abrogard · #3 Post by **abrogard** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:15 am

I've been reading in this forum about folks having hassles and got the impression that port is for a mouse only.

As for USB keyboards:

I didn't even know they made them. That's the easy way. A USB hub and whatever I want.

Thank you.

regards,

ab

#4 Post by **JaneL** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:17 am

It takes a Y-adapter to use that port for a keyboard.

JHEM · #5 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:33 am

carbon_unit wrote:I think you can use either a keyboard or a mouse in that port.

The PS2 type port on older Thinkpads is a MOUSE port only!

In order to connect a keyboard and a mouse at the same time to the port you must use a Y-Splitter. Here's the Belkin one that IBM branded and sold for years as their own.

But this shortcoming is easily overcome by using a USB keyboard as several other posters have mentioned.

Regards,

James

#6 Post by **carbon_unit** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:27 pm

JHEM wrote: The PS2 type port on older Thinkpads is a MOUSE port only!

In order to connect a keyboard and a mouse at the same time to the port you must use a Y-Splitter. Here's the Belkin one that IBM branded and sold for years as their own.

Regards,

James

I'll keep that in mind.
I used an external mouse and keyboard on my T23 but always with a port replicator.

Can I hang an external Keyboard off my Thinkpad T22?

Can I hang an external Keyboard off my Thinkpad T22?

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