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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: nowsharing on Sun, 03 May 2009, 11:38:04

Title: XT to ps2 via KVM switch?
Post by: nowsharing on Sun, 03 May 2009, 11:38:04

This may be a stupid question, but is it possible to use this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=230320160031) part from a kvm switch to convert XT to ps2? I asked the seller if this was possible, she said that it is, although I wonder if something wasn't lost in the translation (she speaks Cantonese I think).

I'm holding out hope that some sort of solution for XT-PS2 will materialize, although I realize this topic may be :deadhorse:

Title: XT to ps2 via KVM switch?
Post by: Mercen_505 on Sun, 03 May 2009, 12:01:12

Nah, won't work. The signals produced by the XT and AT are incompatible. All that piece does is convert from one connector to the other and provide a slight boost to the signal.

Title: XT to ps2 via KVM switch?
Post by: Manyak on Sun, 03 May 2009, 12:13:47

There's an XT->PS/2 converter on clickykeyboards.com, but it costs $100.

Title: XT to ps2 via KVM switch?
Post by: nowsharing on Sun, 03 May 2009, 13:18:08

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Nah, won't work. The signals produced by the XT and AT are incompatible.

That's what I feared, thanks for the fast response.

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There's an XT->PS/2 converter on clickykeyboards.com, but it costs $100.

Yeah, it's way over-priced and from what I could tell, only works with the 84-key terminals. I wish someone could whip something up using the kbdbabel info.