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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: dante on Sun, 26 June 2016, 12:45:16

Title: Has anyone heard of a 6 PIN DIN AT connector?
Post by: dante on Sun, 26 June 2016, 12:45:16

Someone is selling NIB BTC 5100C keyboards on ebay but they use a 6 pin DIN connector.  I thought AT was 5 pin no?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BTC-Mini-Keyboard-5100c-New-/282059413098

edit: It looks pretty fat so that's why it looks "AT" to me.

Title: Re: Has anyone heard of a 6 PIN DIN AT connector?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 26 June 2016, 13:36:11

There are lots of DIN connectors such as MIDI. That center pin could cause a physical problem just plugging it in, even if the electrics were correct on the 4 that are actually active (or 5, in the case of that "refresh" or whatever it is on some XTs).

Title: Re: Has anyone heard of a 6 PIN DIN AT connector?
Post by: dante on Sun, 26 June 2016, 13:44:02

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 26 June 2016, 13:36:11

There are lots of DIN connectors such as MIDI. That center pin could cause a physical problem just plugging it in, even if the electrics were correct on the 4 that are actually active (or 5, in the case of that "refresh" or whatever it is on some XTs).

Thanks for the feedback.  I've been eyeing these for a while but heard from more than one source that the AT model has a better feel than the PS/2.

Title: Re: Has anyone heard of a 6 PIN DIN AT connector?
Post by: Morituri on Tue, 28 June 2016, 16:25:32

Didn't the "Apple Desktop Bus" use 6-pin connectors?  Is this an old apple keyboard, specifically? 

Title: Re: Has anyone heard of a 6 PIN DIN AT connector?
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 28 June 2016, 17:50:18

Quote from: Morituri on Tue, 28 June 2016, 16:25:32

Didn't the "Apple Desktop Bus" use 6-pin connectors?  Is this an old apple keyboard, specifically? 

ADB has 4 live pins and a plastic pin that is electrically dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Desktop_Bus)