keyboard question

[Richard R.]

i now use a wired keyboard, i would like to continue doing so, yet, sometimes, while online chatting on ventrilo or say teamspeak, it would be nice to have a keyboard wireless that is sitting by the couch so i could talk from there, any ideas ppl

so can i use a wired and a wireless one

[CenturionStrategy]

Yes I believe you can - assuming that you have enough free ports. This will depend on the adaptors the keyboards use - PS/2 or USB. So you could plug one in on PS/2, and the other on USB (assuming it supports it), or if you have a USB mouse, both Keyboards could go in the PS/2 ports.

[Richard R.]

i now use a usb mouse, so the other ps/2 is available,,, so i could get a ps/2 keyboard for the wireless one?

but, i have enough usb 2.0 ports to use, wouldn't it be better to use a usb one than a ps/2

also, if i am reading this right, it really doesn't matter then which device is where, say i had a ps/2 mouse and ps/2 kb, they could be swapped on those two ports in the rear of the pc and it'd be ok?

theoretically there could be one mouse on usb and two ps/2 kb's on the two ports,,,hhmm,,k

anyway, usb would be best right?

[CenturionStrategy]

Yeah, if you've got loads of USB ports free, then you may as well use the keyboard in one of those. It's usually just less problematic using the PS/2 ports.

To be honest, you could almost certainly get away with plugging the peripherals into any ports which are free.