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Fri, 29 April 2005 04:48

imkeshav

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Hi...

Are there any PS2 port, data transfer devices that are plug and play?

keshav

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Fri, 29 April 2005 06:00

wizard

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imkeshav wrote on Fri, 29 April 2005 10:48

Hi...

Are there any PS2 port, data transfer devices that are plug and play?

keshav

PS2? You really mean PS2?
AFAIK, PS2 isn't plug and play at all (at least it doesn't work ALWAYS, and it's not supposed to work). No, I don't think there are such devices - try looking for USB instead Smile

Andreas / wizard

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Fri, 29 April 2005 06:18

Kotk

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PS2 is that stupid thing that kids plug to TV and play? Rolling Eyes

I dont get what it has to do with data transfer. Embarassed

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Fri, 29 April 2005 07:38

dennis

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Saving of games I guess....thats the data transfer one would be reffering to i guess....
i duno...???

Hakuna Matata

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Fri, 29 April 2005 08:30

Micha

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Kotk wrote on Fri, 29 April 2005 12:18

PS2 is that stupid thing that kids plug to TV and play? Rolling Eyes

I dont get what it has to do with data transfer. Embarassed

It's a port on the back of your pc ...

http://www.cyberwalker.net/connectors/ps2.shtml

mch

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Fri, 29 April 2005 08:35

dennis

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ah...
ps2 port.....the port your keyboard and mouse goes into....duh..... Embarassed

as soon as i saw p2p and read games...playstation 2 came to mind..silly me.....

ps2 port ofcourse......nah..i don't think they are plug'n'play...and i wonder where you can find storage/data transfer devices that can connect into a ps2 port???

Hakuna Matata

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Fri, 29 April 2005 10:14

Kotk

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Ah .. used to see mouse port called as PS/2 never PS2.

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Fri, 29 April 2005 10:22

Micha

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Kotk wrote on Fri, 29 April 2005 16:14

Ah .. used to see mouse port called as PS/2 never PS2.

Yup, confused me too at first ...

I had one of my older pc's with win98 complaining all the time it couldn't find the PS/2 mouse ... well duh, I didn't had one! After each re-install I had to manually add my serial mouse each time ... and that was a *lot* ...

Anyway ... euh, never mind ...

mch

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Fri, 29 April 2005 18:34

imkeshav

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My apologies dear getlemen..its PS/2 port

I have a USB device, but unfortunately the USB port is disabled.

So any other option?

Internet is not an option...no internet on that PC and no CD writer Sad

keshav

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Fri, 29 April 2005 22:11

donjon

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Hi,

As far as I know there is no way to use a PS2 port for data transfer... however, you can use either the printer port or a serial port...

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Sat, 30 April 2005 02:49

Storm

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Well....
I take it that you want to get data off this machine, and on another one somewhere else....?

Try the following options;

(i) ENABLE THE USB PORTS!!!! Rolling Eyes

[ I imagine this will either be an option in the BIOS/SETUP or more fiddly, a jumper ]

(ii) The two PC's in the same place? Both have network cards? Buy a bit of Cat5 cross-cable and let them talk to each other.

(iii) Smash open the case, remove the hard drive, and install it in another PC as a slave.

(iv) Take lots of digital photos of the screen... Shocked

** Storm **

"Yeah... but... Jar Jar makes the Ewoks look like f***ing Shaft!"

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Sat, 30 April 2005 03:58

m.a@stars

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Hi,

donjon wrote on Sat, 30 April 2005 04:11

As far as I know there is no way to use a PS2 port for data transfer... however, you can use either the printer port or a serial port...

Cross-over (X-over) serial cable, AKA "null modem" was fairly common some time ago, when network cards cost a premium. Easy to buy or even manufacture yourself.

But if the machine is so transfer-unfriendly, I'd suggest using the VGA port, assuming it has a screen, of course, and also that you can get some nifty software and cabling. Sherlock

So many Stars, so few Missiles!

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Thu, 05 May 2005 11:43

PricklyPea

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imkeshav wrote on Fri, 29 April 2005 04:48

Hi...

Are there any PS2 port, data transfer devices that are plug and play?

keshav

PS/2 ports aren't PnP. However, a friend of mine created a device which can be used to transfer data (however must be plugged in before boot).

Mainly used for nefarious purposes and was expensive. He was charging around �800 for it (maybe more now).

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