"Xbox getting keyboard & mouse end of October"

Wunderchu · Oct 4, 2004, 11:58 PM

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16767

digerati · Oct 5, 2004, 12:05 AM

Not big news. You could get a free keyboard adapter if you ordered one when you purchased Phantasy Star Online.

WisMerHill · Oct 5, 2004, 08:51 AM

does that come with a linux install cdrom ?

kinda stupid they make it ps/2 only... should have been usb as well, its past 1995 now.

Wunderchu · Nov 6, 2004, 03:53 AM

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33790026

Nacht · Nov 6, 2004, 03:58 AM

i dont understand the point of people using usb for their keyboards and mice...i was under the impression that it actually had slower response than the ps/2 ports..

Wunderchu · Nov 6, 2004, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nacht

i dont understand the point of people using usb for their keyboards and mice...i was under the impression that it actually had slower response than the ps/2 ports..

AFAIK, for mice, it is faster with USB port ...... not sure about for keyboards, though...

Sargentwhitey · Nov 6, 2004, 05:08 AM

ehhh not a big fan of it.. I could never find a place to put those things when I play my Xbox... I'd rather use the controller...

Geminiwave · Nov 6, 2004, 05:08 AM

with USB you can have more than 4 keys hit at once. On PS\2 they only support 4 buttons held down at once. Now the way they get around it on keyboards is that it has onboard cache on many of the MS keyboards. You'll also notice that in alot of programs, if you hold down 6 or 7 keys or something, it wont make repeating keys like eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeee. It'll just give you one key for each.

USB is usually best for all of the stuff unless you have a weakass processor. even 500mhz should be more than enough.

Counterfe1t · Nov 7, 2004, 01:50 PM

what no support for USB

what time period were these guys living in? 1991?

Senor_Mota · Nov 7, 2004, 07:09 PM

USB 2.0 has some of the best driver sets in existence. It's so much faster and more direct than ps/2...but Parallels can have Nintendo controllers plugged into them with the right mod!

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Nov 8, 2004, 01:05 AM

xbox needs freaking keyboard, they've gotta compensate for their controller with poor PC ports of games (which is the majority of their library)

pr0digal jenius · Nov 8, 2004, 01:42 AM

so...now it truly is a pc????

Oct 4, 2004, 11:58 PM	#1
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WisMerHill DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 468 Rep Power: 0	does that come with a linux install cdrom ? kinda stupid they make it ps/2 only... should have been usb as well, its past 1995 now. __________________ [color=sandybrown][color=white] [/color] [color=white][color=white]M[/color][color=white]y Computer[/color]: [/color][color=white]3DMark2001[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3Dmark2003[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3DMark200[/color][color=white]5[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]PCMark2004[/color][/color]

Nov 6, 2004, 03:53 AM	Thread Starter #4
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Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	with USB you can have more than 4 keys hit at once. On PS\2 they only support 4 buttons held down at once. Now the way they get around it on keyboards is that it has onboard cache on many of the MS keyboards. You'll also notice that in alot of programs, if you hold down 6 or 7 keys or something, it wont make repeating keys like eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeee. It'll just give you one key for each. USB is usually best for all of the stuff unless you have a weakass processor. even 500mhz should be more than enough. __________________

Oct 5, 2004, 12:05 AM	#2
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	Not big news. You could get a free keyboard adapter if you ordered one when you purchased Phantasy Star Online.

Nov 6, 2004, 03:58 AM	#5
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	i dont understand the point of people using usb for their keyboards and mice...i was under the impression that it actually had slower response than the ps/2 ports..

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Counterfe1t DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 440 Rep Power: 0	what no support for USB what time period were these guys living in? 1991? __________________

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Nov 8, 2004, 01:42 AM	#12
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	so...now it truly is a pc????