Re: ot- buying a new name brand pc with xp

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Patricia M. Godfrey  wrote:

> From: Patricia M. Godfrey 
> Subject: Re: ot- buying a new name brand pc with xp
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 2:46 PM
> Jon Pareles wrote:
> >
> > If you like your current keyboard you could probably
> keep it and plug it into the new box
>
> Many new boxes do NOT include the PS/2 ports that your
> current
> keyboard and mouse connect to. Apart from economy, I like
> to keep
> to the PS/2 connection, simply because one has so many
> things one
> might want to use USB for (I have five flash drives plus
> the
> cellular modem). So see if the box has PS/2 as well as
> parallel.

I've bought older model computers specifically to get discontinued features like that, but have also
gotten successful results (for others) USB - to - PS/2 adapters, which allowed continued use of the
existing keyboard and mouse. I hope to replicate that result on another box with a USB - to -
parallel adapter, because I'm not willing to give up my existing printers.


Jordan