Can confirm. Killed a Packard Bell sometime around 1990 hot plugging the
keyboard. Luckily they warrantied it.
On August 27, 2017 1:43:41 PM CDT, Rick Moen wrote:
::Quoting Simon Hobson (li...@thehobsons.co.uk):
::
::[PS/2 6-pin mini-DIN vs. old 5-pin DIN]
::
::> AFAIK the underlying protocol
reversed
when the adapter pulls the clock line low and holds it.
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Original message From: k...@aspodata.se Date: 8/27/17 2:04 PM
(GMT-06:00) To: dng@lists.dyne.org Subject: Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.
Alessandro:
> On Sun, 27
Nick:
...
> I can admit that: a friend of mine cannot part of his original IBM AT
> keyboard. So it has a converter from big DIN to PS2 to usb to connect it
> to his PC without PS2 ports.
Yes, there are still a few out there having thoose +10year old stuff.
Hälsningar,
/Karl Hammar
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info at smallinnovations dot nl [2017-08-27 22:25]:
> I can admit that: a friend of mine cannot part of his original IBM AT
> keyboard. So it has a converter from big DIN to PS2 to usb to connect it
> to his PC without PS2 ports.
I can understand that, they have a great "feel". However, they ne
On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 22:25:45 +0200
info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote:
> I can admit that: a friend of mine cannot part of his original IBM AT
> keyboard. So it has a converter from big DIN to PS2 to usb to connect it
> to his PC without PS2 ports.
I have to plead guilty of still using, wit
On 27-08-17 21:04, k...@aspodata.se wrote:
PC/AT and PS/2 have the same protocol and electrical spec. except they
have different connectors. The protocol is bidirectional.
PC/XT has the same pinout and connector as PC/AT but not the
same protocol and they won't work together.
The protocol is ke
Quoting k...@aspodata.se (k...@aspodata.se):
> PC/AT and PS/2 have the same protocol and electrical spec. except they
> have different connectors. The protocol is bidirectional.
>
> PC/XT has the same pinout and connector as PC/AT but not the
> same protocol and they won't work together.
> The
Alessandro:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 at 18:03:08 +0100
> Simon Hobson wrote:
> [...]
> > AFAIK the underlying protocol for the keyboard is the same (or near enough
> > for simple conversion) between the two connector formats to allow for easy
> > conversion between plugs.
>
> They are, adaptors ar
Quoting Simon Hobson (li...@thehobsons.co.uk):
[PS/2 6-pin mini-DIN vs. old 5-pin DIN]
> AFAIK the underlying protocol for the keyboard is the same (or near
> enough for simple conversion) between the two connector formats to
> allow for easy conversion between plugs.
It absolutely is, and ther
On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 at 18:03:08 +0100
Simon Hobson wrote:
[...]
> AFAIK the underlying protocol for the keyboard is the same (or near enough
> for simple conversion) between the two connector formats to allow for easy
> conversion between plugs.
They are, adaptors are purely mechanical.
Ale
Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> That's PS/2, not RS232.
>
> True, true. And there seem to be two different sizes of those
> round plugs in use. At least, I've seen adapters to connect between
> the two sizes.
I think you may be thinking of the original PC keyboard connector which was a
standard DIN
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 01:01:10PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > That's PS/2, not RS232.
>
> True, true. And there seem to be two different sizes of those
> round plugs in use. At least, I've seen adapters to connect between
> the two sizes.
>
> My system isn't as obsolete as I thought.
>
>
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 06:54:11PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:45:27PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 02:34:36PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 at 23:23:47 +0200 (CEST)
> > > k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> > >
> > > > Manual
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