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Offline yiuoterw

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Soarers' vs Generic Amazon
« on: Sun, 02 July 2023, 17:17:07 »
I have a model M122 vintage keyboard. However, I do not have the right converter to use it with the PC that I have.
I have seen the prices on the Soarers' converters, but have also found some for like eight or nine dollars on Amazon.
Would the RJ45 to USB generic amazon converters work with the keyboard I've got?
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Offline Tactile

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Re: Soarers' vs Generic Amazon
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 02 July 2023, 19:48:54 »
Let us have some links to the Amazon items so we can evaluate.
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Re: Soarers' vs Generic Amazon
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 03 July 2023, 07:33:18 »
Quote from: yiuoterw on Sun, 02 July 2023, 17:17:07

RJ45 to USB generic amazon converters


Probably not, there is more to it than re-jiggering wire connections.
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Re: Soarers' vs Generic Amazon
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 04 July 2023, 04:34:57 »
Quote from: yiuoterw on Sun, 02 July 2023, 17:17:07
Would the RJ45 to USB generic amazon converters work with the keyboard I've got?

I'm guessing you're looking at USB ethernet dongles? Those wouldn't work. Whilst your M122 uses the same physical connector (modular 8P*C) as the ends of ethernet cables and RJ-45 (modular jacks when using telecom wiring standards), it's not either of those. Such dongles wouldn't know what to do with the keyboard signal. If you want to avoid making a converter yourself, you'd need one of the expensive Soarer's Converters (or tinkerboy.xyz's QMK-Vial based converters or find someone willing to make one for you).
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Offline yiuoterw

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Re: Soarers' vs Generic Amazon
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 10 July 2023, 21:15:13 »
Quote from: sharktastica on Tue, 04 July 2023, 04:34:57
Quote from: yiuoterw on Sun, 02 July 2023, 17:17:07
Would the RJ45 to USB generic amazon converters work with the keyboard I've got?

I'm guessing you're looking at USB ethernet dongles? Those wouldn't work. Whilst your M122 uses the same physical connector (modular 8P*C) as the ends of ethernet cables and RJ-45 (modular jacks when using telecom wiring standards), it's not either of those. Such dongles wouldn't know what to do with the keyboard signal. If you want to avoid making a converter yourself, you'd need one of the expensive Soarer's Converters (or tinkerboy.xyz's QMK-Vial based converters or find someone willing to make one for you).

OK, thanks for the help
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Re: Soarers' vs Generic Amazon
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 14 July 2023, 12:26:10 »
I have 2 of those keyboards and for the price of Soarer's converter, its worth it.  Mine both work great with no issues.
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