ps2 to usb adapters
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Has anybody had success using ps2 to usb adapters ? ( specifically for keyboards)
I have one and can't get the keyboard recognized, I still have a few "favourite" ps2 keyboards. Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
thanks in advance.
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You don’t just cut off a PS2 connector and put on a USB..
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I get some of the older PS2 keyboards are ‘better’ but ps2 is -dead- you need to upgrade or,.. try a different ps2 to USB
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Has anybody had success using ps2 to usb adapters ? ( specifically for keyboards)
It's been DECADES, but this is how they used to all be and it was 100% reliable. Early USB days every computer was PS/2 and they just shipped these tiny USB adapters to make them work. I've probably used thousands of them. I can picture it in my mind so clearly. I know I have bins of the things in storage somewhere.
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
I still have a few "favourite" ps2 keyboards
Oh, you are going the other way. Never seen that done.
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
USB is a wholly different technology than PS/2. One is digital, one is analogue.
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Just buy a new keyboard, dude. You can get mechanical keyboards with all different types of feedback. I like the super old and loud keyboards with tons of noise.
There's alot of choices for mechanical keyboards that behave like your old ones. Let the PS2 keyboard go... Take it to scrap yard, and set it free
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Has anybody had success using ps2 to usb adapters ? ( specifically for keyboards)
I have one and can't get the keyboard recognized, I still have a few "favourite" ps2 keyboards. Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
thanks in advance.
Hanging on to that Fujitsu QWERTY special for that just-in-case moment you need to QWERTY some perp breaking into your office? ;0)
The best keyboard for the buck right now is the Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard with great key texture and it's Bluetooth so no dongles needed. If a standard style is needed then the Surface Keyboard is great.
I have wrench slinger wrists so an ergonomic is needed for me.
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Has anybody had success using ps2 to usb adapters ? ( specifically for keyboards)
I have one and can't get the keyboard recognized, I still have a few "favourite" ps2 keyboards. Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
thanks in advance.
I have had luck with these for my Raritan KVM.
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-USB-PS-2-Adapter/dp/B000ELSXFY
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@pmoncho said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Has anybody had success using ps2 to usb adapters ? ( specifically for keyboards)
I have one and can't get the keyboard recognized, I still have a few "favourite" ps2 keyboards. Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
thanks in advance.
I have had luck with these for my Raritan KVM.
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-USB-PS-2-Adapter/dp/B000ELSXFY
Then you can convert it to USB C
Do not pay $30 for an adapter. Get a modern USB mechanical keyboard for a few bucks more lol
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@IRJ correct, You can buy these for about $2.00 ( from China), as I just did, and will
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@IRJ sadly, have my "attachments" and a couple of my old keyboards fall into that category, they have worked for "oh so many years" and just keep on working, thus
my attachments.
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@IRJ sadly, have my "attachments" and a couple of my old keyboards fall into that category, they have worked for "oh so many years" and just keep on working, thus
my attachments.I get it. I happen to like that style and feel myself. Build yourself a nice keyboard some day. You'll really like it.
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@scottalanmiller said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
USB is a wholly different technology than PS/2. One is digital, one is analogue.
No, they're actually both digital. And serial communication as well.
Your probably thinking about vga versus dvi/hdmi.
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@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@IRJ correct, You can buy these for about $2.00 ( from China), as I just did, and will
see how well they work.You should try it thoroughly. Some scancodes (=id of the key) hust doesn't work with some adapters - for no good reason I might add..
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@Pete-S said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@scottalanmiller said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:
Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?
USB is a wholly different technology than PS/2. One is digital, one is analogue.
No, they're actually both digital. And serial communication as well.
Your probably thinking about vga versus dvi/hdmi.
No, I was thinking of the PS/2, I was just wrong. There's a difference between confused and wrong. LOL
https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/get-ascii-data-from-ps-2-keyboards
Yeah, that's digital signaling.
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@scottalanmiller said in ps2 to usb adapters:
No, I was thinking of the PS/2, I was just wrong. There's a difference between confused and wrong. LOL
Happens to everyone
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If I really think about is, most keyboards prior to PS/2 were using more traditional serial adapters. Which were digital. Duh.
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@scottalanmiller said in ps2 to usb adapters:
If I really think about is, most keyboards prior to PS/2 were using more traditional serial adapters. Which were digital. Duh.
Actually the first IBM PCs used the same type of electrical interface but a different connector, a 5 pin DIN.
The mouse was a real 9-pin serial DSUB at first though. If my memory is correct LOL
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@Pete-S said in ps2 to usb adapters:
@scottalanmiller said in ps2 to usb adapters:
If I really think about is, most keyboards prior to PS/2 were using more traditional serial adapters. Which were digital. Duh.
Actually the first IBM PCs used the same type of electrical interface but a different connector, a 5 pin DIN.
The mouse was a real 9-pin serial DSUB at first though. If my memory is correct LOL
Sounds right. I had a lot of those DSUB mice in the old days. Originally the ones that I used shared that DSUB with the joysticks.
