[Nottingham] PS2 keyboard/adapter

[Benjamin Crowe]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. Yep I have been able to get a old hp netserver off
freecycle and it only has pas2 connectors on it. Rory that would be great
if you could. I have sent you my address off list.


On 20 February 2014 10:30, Rory Holland <me at rory.sh> wrote:

> I have about a million of these, they were being chucked out at school
> about 10 years ago and I rescued them. I've been slowly getting rid of them
> ever since.
>
> To clarify, you mean you want to be able to plug a USB-only keyboard into
> a machine which only has a PS/2 port?
>
> I live in Leeds now but I can put one in an envelope if you don't mind
> sending your address in a private email.
>
>
> On 20 February 2014 10:26, Paul Sladen <notlug at paul.sladen.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Benjamin Crowe wrote:
>> > I was wondering if anyone on this list knew where I could get a female
>> usb
>> > to male ps2 adapter?
>>
>> Ebay.  However, a warning: these were frequently passive connectors
>> (electrically straight-through) leaving it to the keyboard to
>> auto-detect whether to speak USB or PS/2 on the same wires.
>>
>> You /can/ (rarely) get genuine protocol converters, so check what you
>> really need.
>>
>>         -Paul
>>
>>
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