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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: da20valve on Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:25:22

Title: Convert din to PS2
Post by: da20valve on Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:25:22

Can you convert the old type keyboards to USB or PS2 or can only some be converted.

Title: Re: Convert din to PS2
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:32:45

http://www.amazon.com/DIN-Male-DIN-Female-Keyboard-Adapter-KB-ATM-PS2F-6I/dp/B001P73TE6

Title: Re: Convert din to PS2
Post by: damorgue on Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:33:16

Soarer has made some code available so that you can build a converter out of a teensy controller. It supports a few different protocols and can make them all into USB.

For the record, if you just want to convert it to PS/2 then it is sometimes trivial if it is the same protocol since it is just a differently sized physical connector.

Title: Re: Convert din to PS2
Post by: mougrim on Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:50:58

Quote from: da20valve on Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:25:22

Can you convert the old type keyboards to USB or PS2 or can only some be converted.

If your board AT-compatible, you can just solder an PS2 connector to it or use passive adapter - which is dirty cheap.

Or you can use Soarer's converter to make it usb-compatible.

If it's board with XT-protocol, you NEED Soarer's converter.

Title: Re: Convert din to PS2
Post by: da20valve on Tue, 01 April 2014, 07:48:29

Just realized my mainboard doesn't have PS2, so I will have to go DIN to USB.

Title: Re: Convert din to PS2
Post by: damorgue on Tue, 01 April 2014, 07:51:43

Then this is where you want to be looking (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=17458.0)

Title: Re: Convert din to PS2
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 01 April 2014, 16:26:42

Yes, to the extent that I had my old NEC keyboard working well no my Mac.