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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: tgujay on Fri, 31 August 2012, 22:43:46

Title: Cable swap, how/will this work?
Post by: tgujay on Fri, 31 August 2012, 22:43:46

So I have a really old Chicony with a DIN cable, I have some ****ty cheap rubber dome with a PS/2 cable, can I just plug in this PS/2 cable and work?  Cut the wires and swap connectors?  If I did that which wires would go to which?  DIN on left PS/2 on the right.

Title: Re: Cable swap, how/will this work?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 01 September 2012, 12:50:47

Sure AT and PS/2 is the same. Unfortuneatly cables wire has not standard in color. Best to pull PS/2 cable from board that has them marked. It is very easy when there is no guessing. Otherwise you can plug it in and check it with a meter too.

Title: Re: Cable swap, how/will this work?
Post by: tgujay on Sat, 01 September 2012, 13:08:38

Quote from: lysol on Sat, 01 September 2012, 12:50:47

Sure AT and PS/2 is the same. Unfortuneatly cables wire has not standard in color. Best to pull PS/2 cable from board that has them marked. It is very easy when there is no guessing. Otherwise you can plug it in and check it with a meter too.

Thanks, I got them working last night after some google-fu.