I recently came across a keyboard using an interesting alps clone switch, but that isn't what this is about. It is about the trackball. I have attempted to get it running, but I have no experience adapting serial mice to USB, so I am not exactly sure where the problem is, if it is the keyboard, or if it is my process for adapting to USB, so any help would be great.
Here is picks of the keyboard:
I am using a passive serial to PS2 adapter for the mouse, and then using a ps/2 keyboard and mouse USB dongle, and I have tried 2 different ones, both did not work. Also I tried using a native PS/2 port with a break out cable, that also didn't work. When I do hook the mouse up, the Mouse LED lights when I press one of the click buttons, but it sends nothing to the OS, at least, nothing it recognizes. Am I doing something wrong?
The keyboard itself works fine, it is just the trackball section and mouse buttons I cannot get to function.