Re: USB to PS/2 adapters - K/board and mouse different?

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:14:17 -0700, jkn <jkn_gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Oct 22, 5:30 pm, Adrian C <em...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To dumb down what I wrote, I think I meant "You'll never find one" ....

:-)

Does this laptop have USB ports?

Yes, but for other reasons I don't want to use them. I simplified
slightly when I said it's a 'notepad'; it's actually a custom embedded
PC board I'm doing some development on. I have seen it working with a
Y adapter and PS/2 mouse and keyboard - it may be that there's some
differences in Y adapters, as mentioned here, for instance:

http://www.burtonsys.com/PS2_keyboard_and_mouse_mini-DIN-6_connector_pinouts.html

Not sure - my IBM Thinkpad one worked on a Toshiba, for instance.
Unfortunately doesn't prove anything.

Anyway: is there any particular reason why you can't spend six pounds
or so on a keyboard+mouse set with PS2 connectors? That may be your
simplest solution.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create
the universe. - Carl Sagan
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