[colug-432] Keyboard oddness: try w/o USB: Truly Native PS/2 ports

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:54:28 -0400, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:

> On Thursday, August 18, 2011 02:52:30 PM jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:

> > As part of the divide and conquer debugging/swapping, try using
> > the keyboard on a computer with a native PS/2 interface.
> > I.e., try it without the complication of the USB converter.
> 
> If I still had one of those, I wouldn't need the adapter!
> 
> OK, come to think of it I think the docking base for this laptop may have a 
> PS/2 port. I'll dig that out of my piles.

Try it. If the symptoms disappear, then your keyboard is OK. 
However, your docking base's PS/2 port might not be truly native 
PS/2, so if the symptoms persist, try a truly native PS/2 port. 
I can give you an old PC for testing. 

Unicomp has keyboards with native USB interface. 
Unicomp also has keyboards with the Ctrl key in the correct place. 
I don't know if you can get both in the same keyboard.