Can I reuse old keyboards, mice and monitors with a PC?
Older HP keyboards (those with the DIGITAL logo and the RJ modular jacks), older HP mice (those with the DIGITAL logo and with the RJ modular jacks, or with a DIN connector with pins in a configuration other than the PC-standard DIN connector pin orientation), and older video monitors (with RGB synch-on-green video signaling) all use signaling formats and/or communications protocols that differ from the PC 14-45 Hardware Information standards, and are not (easily) interchangable nor (easily) compatible with typical PC peripheral device controllers. The LK201 and LK401 keyboards, the VSXXX series mice, the VR260 and VR290 monitors, etc., are incompatible with most PC systems and with most KVM switches. Newer HP (and Compaq) keyboards (those with with PC- style DIN plugs, and the HP, Compaq or DIGITAL logo), newer HP mice (with PC-pin DIN plugs, and the HP, Compaq or DIGITAL logo), and newer video monitors (multi-synch) are often interchangeable with “industry standard” PC systems, and c
