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The PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Protocol

Posted June 12, 2011 by Chris

USB seems to have taken over the mouse and keyboard protocol scene which means there’s a ton of ‘leftover’ PS/2 mouse and keyboards abandoned in offices and schools. Today’s article gives you the understanding of the PS/2 protocol needed to put these abandoned I/O devices back to work without as much software overhead as is required for implementing USB.

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