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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ilimeira on Wed, 14 February 2018, 08:54:26

Title: I need help to make my IBM 1391406 keyboard work
Post by: ilimeira on Wed, 14 February 2018, 08:54:26

Hi there,
I just bought an IBM 1391406 keyboard from a friend (who never used this keyboard), without the coiled cable. I just felt amazed for this vintage keyboard and I loved it in the first time; this is the keyboard I want to keep forever.
Then, I bought a cable on E-bay (which is a Datalogic CAB-365 Standard IBM PS/2 Mini-Din Wedge Coiled Cable); the cable seems to be compatible. Besides the cable, I also bought a Dual USB to PS2 Mouse and Keyboard Converter Cable Adapter, in order to use the keyboard in a USB Port in my computer.
Having all this set (keyboard + cable + PS2 to USB adapter), when I plug the keyboard in my computer USB port, I can't type anything. In the device manager, it appears as HID keyboard; it also appeared as barcode reader; according to Windows 10, the keyboard is working properly but, in fact, is is not working at all.
Do I need a driver or something like that to make it work in my computer? or is this just a matter of configuration that I'm not doing properly?

Title: Re: I need help to make my IBM 1391406 keyboard work
Post by: E TwentyNine on Wed, 14 February 2018, 09:09:19

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-PS2-to-USB-Adapter-Converter-Keyboard-Barcode-Scanner-IBM-Model-M-PS-2/280839328798

or

https://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-PS2-Keyboard-USB-Adapter/dp/B000BSJFJS

Title: Re: I need help to make my IBM 1391406 keyboard work
Post by: ilimeira on Wed, 14 February 2018, 09:34:06

Thanks. I'll see it!