[Info-vax] LK-style USB keyboard, anyone got a spare for sale?

glen herrmannsfeldt gah at ugcs.caltech.edu
Mon Aug 27 17:21:26 EDT 2012


Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2012-08-27 20:02:07 +0000, Michael Kraemer said:

>> sampsa schrieb:
>>> So I noticed there's a DEC-layout (with PF+gold keys etc) LK46-
>>> something with a USB port available but they're CRAZY expensive
>>> (several hundred dollars) from suppliers that I managed to Google.
>> 
>> Wouldn't it be possible to use a PS/2 LK together with one
>> of those PS/2-USB adapters?

> Nope.  There might be one around that works, but not (successfully) 
> with the PS2->USB dongles I've tried.

For mouse, and I presume keyboards, the dongle doesn't do anything
except move the wires around. The mouse figures out what it is 
connected to and works accordingly. Maybe keyboard, too.

-- glen



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