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Offline da20valve

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Convert din to PS2
« 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.
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Re: Convert din to PS2
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 01 April 2014, 06:32:45 »
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Re: Convert din to PS2
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Convert din to PS2
« Reply #3 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.
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Offline da20valve

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Re: Convert din to PS2
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Convert din to PS2
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 01 April 2014, 16:26:42 »
Yes, to the extent that I had my old NEC keyboard working well no my Mac.
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