Re: PS/2 - USB Adaptor for keyboard
On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:26:31 -0800
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to use a simple (cheap) PS/2 keyboard with a laptop which
> > has no PS/2 ports. There are various PS/2 - USB available all over the
> > internet; I bought a cheap one on Ebay.
>
> Is it green or purple? There are two kinds, ones for keyboards and ones for
> mice. The green ones only work with mice that have a USB connector that
> can speak PS/2 if plugged in through the adapter and are readily available.
> The purple ones only work with keyboards and are usually slightly larger or
> a dongle and translates the two connections and protocols involved, and are
> nigh impossible to find.
Green [0]. OTOH, he does claim that it'll work for a keyboard, OTOH, he
does include (as one of the other respondents mentioned) the disclaimer
that 'MUST REQUIRE: YOUR DEVICE MUST BE USB COMPATIBLE', so I suppose I
ought to still give him positive feedback. Sigh.
Celejar
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