dolch pac 62 keyboard ps2 converter?

[rayuki]

can anyone tell me what format dolch boards use and if there is a way to make a ps2/usb converter for it (or buy one)

[Findecanor]

I made a new cable for my Dolch Pac 62 keyboard and then I wrote about it on the Deskthority Wiki.

All keyboards speak the PS/2 protocol. The PAC-60 has a detachable PS/2 cable. The PAC-61 and upwards have a instead a cable with a (telephone-style) modular connector; it is not directly detachable from the keyboard, but ends in a modular connector inside the keyboard's case.
Keyboards without trackpoints have a 4P4C connector. The pins are GND, +5V, kb data, kb clock (in order on the keyboard's side). Dolch PAC-65 keyboards with trackpoints have a larger modular connector and cable.

[IvanIvanovich]

I just attached a normal ps/2 cable internally on mine direct to the pcb. Unless you need to keep the original cable to use with a PAC unit, there is no reason not to do the permanent mod to standard ps/2.

[SmallFry]

Meh, what about using it on the actual Dolch Pac? Nostalgia?

[blighty]

I just attached a normal ps/2 cable internally on mine direct to the pcb. Unless you need to keep the original cable to use with a PAC unit, there is no reason not to do the permanent mod to standard ps/2.

Would soldering a USB cable work the same way, or would a ps2 to usb adapter need to be put inline?

[SmallFry]

PS/2 inline. Ripster had done it with his M. Just tear aprart a blue cube and put it inline. I think he still has the pictures of you check his imgur.

[rayuki]

I made a new cable for my Dolch Pac 62 keyboard and then I wrote about it on the Deskthority Wiki.

All keyboards speak the PS/2 protocol. The PAC-60 has a detachable PS/2 cable. The PAC-61 and upwards have a instead a cable with a (telephone-style) modular connector; it is not directly detachable from the keyboard, but ends in a modular connector inside the keyboard's case.
Keyboards without trackpoints have a 4P4C connector. The pins are GND, +5V, kb data, kb clock (in order on the keyboard's side). Dolch PAC-65 keyboards with trackpoints have a larger modular connector and cable.

I just attached a normal ps/2 cable internally on mine direct to the pcb. Unless you need to keep the original cable to use with a PAC unit, there is no reason not to do the permanent mod to standard ps/2.

thanks heaps both great ideas i'll have a look.

i have a heap of ps2/usb adapters, could i just rip one of those apart?

Meh, what about using it on the actual Dolch Pac? Nostalgia?

was gonna cost me over $100 to get the whole unit shipped to australia, so i just go the keyboard. hell i would have loved to have used it on the pac lol.


i also found this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110621041896

i wonder if they have an adapter like that but in reverse?

[rainb1ood]

I made a DIY using a phone line splitter and a PS/2 cable from a Cherry G81.



It looks messy but it works.

Credits to this thread for the help

[rayuki]

I made a DIY using a phone line splitter and a PS/2 cable from a Cherry G81.

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It looks messy but it works.

Credits to this thread for the help

nice one looks like the quickest dirtiest solution so far to get it working to have a type on it lol.