Re: PS-2 Keyboard for Aplle II ?

In article <1135995653.165903.15480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Gabriel" <usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd drop PS/2 and go for trying USB. Why replace one aging interface
> wth another?
>

Primary difference between USB and ps/2, elcetrically speaking: The end
of the cable.

I've meter-verified that the USB-->ps/2 converter that came in the
package with my USB mouse simply "rearranges" the USB pins to fit the
ps/2 plug - Which seems to be further confirmed by the fact that putting
the converter on the end of the mouse cable and plugging it into an
actual IBM ps/2 system is an "it just works" thing. Plugging it into a
USB port without the converter is the same - "it just works". Ditto when
I put the converter on the end of my USB keyboard cable and jack it into
the ps/2, or swap it to my USB-equipped Mac without the converter - Just
like the rodent, either way, "it just works".

So to me, it looks like either way, it's a "not likely to happen"
concept - You're either going to have to hack up a ps/2-->Apple II
converter unit (which will need some fairly intensive effort, I expect)
or get USB working on an Apple II - which I would expect to be at leat
as much effort, if not more. Despite my fond memories of the Apple II
line, neither project seems worth the investment, by my standards.

Especially when you can score a complete Apple on eBay (or, as in my
case, several of them out of a dumpster that can be cobbled into one or
more working machines) for a whole lot less time and effort than what
the conversion project would require.

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