This, it’s why I still use the PS2 interface. Full n-key rollover is impossible for me to do without.
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e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month agoThat is a limitation of the keyboard not the PS/2. Unlike USB which is limited to 10 simultaneous key presses, PS/2 supports full n-key rollover.
blarth@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
frezik@midwest.social 1 month ago
USB does not have that limitation.
blarth@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Ah, had to dig into it. There was a long period of time during which you couldn’t find a USB NKRO keyboard. Seems that has been fixed.
lud@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yeah, pretty much every single keyboard meant for gaming supports NKRO or at least a lot of multi key roll over
Mango@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Welcome to now!
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Out of curiosity, what is the practical use of full N-key rollover? I can’t think of many things that require me to press more than maybe five keys at a time.
dashydash@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Used to have these problems when we were children and playing fighting games with my brother with one keyboard or guitar hero clones that need you to press multiple buttons at the same time, that’s the only use case I could think of. I don’t know if there’s any modern software that requires you to mash more than 2 or 3 buttons at the same time
Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
blarth@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
If you type really fast, you’ll find it.
Xenny@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well I never had a fancy gaming keyboard back in the PS2 days lol
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
How about a fancy IBM keyboard? The Model F from 1981 features n-key rollover. Don’t ask me why they needed it at the time though. It probably wasn’t important as the Model M from a couple of years later dropped that feature.
frezik@midwest.social 1 month ago
USB is not limited to 10, or 6 as is sometimes stated.
www.devever.net/~hl/usbnkro
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Interesting I did not know that.