chymes@geneva.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes) (03/21/91)
Greetings Macintosh Hardware Gurus!
I a a human<->computer interface researcher at The U of Michigan and I
am looking for an almost impossible part to find.
I want to connect several Macintosh keyboards and mice to one
computer, and have them work simutainously. I have been told that the
ADB can handle this, but you can't simply daisy chain the keyboards
together because thier is no place to connect the mouse if you connect
the keyboards together.
So I am trying to build a Tee connector, that would fit between
keyboards, and allow one to plug in a mouse.
But I can`t find the bizzare socket that Apple uses for the ADB! I
need the female sockets that I can plug the mouse and keyboard
connections into.
Somebody PLEASE tell me where I can get such a thing!
Thank you very much
Charles Hymes
Charles Hymes aka Charweed Hymerfan (The Dude)
chymes@csmil.umich.edu
Work C.S.M.I.L: room 2420busad, (313)-764-6715,
701 Tappan Street,Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-1234
CSMIL FAX:(313) 936-3168treesh@vangogh.helios.nd.edu (03/21/91)
Well, I could see it possible to connect 2 mice up and two keyboards up all at once. Since ADB keyboards have a pass-thru ADB port, use port 1 on your mac, hook up a mouse. Use port two, hook up a keyboard, then from the pass-thru port on the keyboard, hook up another keyboard, and using the pass thru port on that, hook up a 2nd mouse! ctfm