Ah, the VT100, the first dumb terminal that was controlled with a microprocessor. This ancient beast from the late 70s is quite unlike the terminals you’d find from even five years after its vintage – ...

During the development of the greatest member of the Apple II family, the Apple IIgs, someone suggested to [Woz] that a sort of universal serial bus was needed for keyboards, mice, trackballs, and ...

I've come to a situation where I have a desk that is used by more than one mac (though never at the same time). The desk is set up with a nice USB-C/TB3 dock with stuff attached (audio, ethernet, ...

Described here are the construction details of a universal serial bus human interface device (USB HID) external keyboard for devices running on Windows and/or Android operating systems. The keyboard ...

Early adopters of Apple's Pad's Camera Connection Kit have discovered that the accessory can be used to connect a number of USB devices to the tablet device in addition to cameras. Meanwhile, TUAW ...

Cameron is a self-made geek, Android enthusiast, horror movie fanatic, musician, and cyclist. When he's not pounding keys here at AP, you can find him spending time with his wife and kids, plucking ...

If you hate using the Xbox 360’s dual joystick controllers to play Gears of War, now’s your chance to pick up the XCM XFPS keyboard and mouse adapter for the 360. Not only does it allow you to use a ...

In recent years, many PC peripherals have adopted USB or Bluetooth to connect to PCs, but until USB became mainstream in the mid-2000s, connections via PS/2 connectors were common. Raymond Chen, a ...