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== Non IBM platforms == The PS/2 port is typically associated with the IBM PS/2 and PC clones, but it has been adopted on some other platforms. ===Macintosh clones=== [[File:PS-2 and ADB connectors.jpg|250px|thumb|right|PS/2 and ADB ports on the rear of a Motorola StarMax 4000/200]] Many [[Macintosh]] clones from the late 1990s also featured PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. One advantage of this arrangement was that you could connect a two-button PC mouse to the computer and use a program such as TheMouse2B to map the second button to control+click, thereby achieving contextual menus from the right button as with a Windows computer. Shortly after the demise of the Macintosh clone industry, Apple introduced the iMac, which featured [[USB]] ports for the mouse and keyboard; this was followed three years later with [[OS X|Mac OS X]], with native support for multiple mouse buttons and right-click contextual menu activation. ===Silicon Graphics=== [[Silicon Graphics]] used PS/2 mice and keyboards for their Unix workstations, starting with the Indigo² (and Challenge M). Other workstation models with the port include Indy, O2 and Octane. ===Digital Equipment=== [[DEC]] used PS/2 mice and keyboards on their AlphaStation line of Unix workstations.
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