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Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 10 March 2012, 12:41:14

I'm a big fan of these for PS/2 > USB. I have several, and this is a pretty good price. May want to offer $20-25 if they don't sell too fast, or if you want to buy multiples.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=310385408799

Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: Soarer on Sat, 10 March 2012, 14:19:11

Non-mobile link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/310385408799 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/310385408799)

And a link to the article they refer to: http://www.slcentral.com/usb-mouse/ (http://www.slcentral.com/usb-mouse/)

Not that I care :-p

Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 10 March 2012, 20:23:53

Is this the 05F3:0203 from the wiki? Looks awesome. Have you played with the special settings in the manual?

http://piengineering.com/ymouse/whym271.php

Unfortunately it's still pretty expensive.

Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: sordna on Sat, 10 March 2012, 21:19:43

If you think that's expensive, look at some other products on the same website: Simple momentary switches for $80

http://piengineering.com/accessories/switches.php

I would get some of these buddy buttons if they were reasonably priced (ie $10)

Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: herbyscrub on Sat, 10 March 2012, 21:29:10

I'm actually using this $1.99 adapter for my ibm model m...didn't actually expect it to work, but it does!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200713195442?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 10 March 2012, 21:45:10

Quote from: Soarer;541310

Non-mobile link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/310385408799
And a link to the article they refer to: http://www.slcentral.com/usb-mouse/
Not that I care :-p

Thanks Soarer...I'm operating on iphone 95% of the time for a bit. Hassle.

Quote from: dorkvader;541826

Is this the 05F3:0203 from the wiki? Looks awesome. Have you played with the special settings in the manual?
http://piengineering.com/ymouse/whym271.php
Unfortunately it's still pretty expensive.

Yea, I have, very flexible :) Pricey? Yea :(

Quote from: sordna;541882

If you think that's expensive, look at some other products on the same website: Simple momentary switches for $80
http://piengineering.com/accessories/switches.php
I would get some of these buddy buttons if they were reasonably priced (ie $10)

I know! Buddy Button ROCKS, but $80???????

Title: PS/2>USB active converters for difficult situations
Post by: bootstrap on Sun, 11 March 2012, 15:03:36

Quote from: input nirvana;541213

I'm a big fan of these for PS/2 > USB. I have several, and this is a pretty good price. May want to offer $20-25 if they don't sell too fast, or if you want to buy multiples.

Nice find. Like you, I may pick up one (or two) if the price drops by $5-10. At $19.50, the cost of international shipping is only a little higher than average.