Re: PS/2 keyboards and modern computers

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Hello,

This seems to have a chip:
http://www.showmecables.com/product/Intelligent-USB-to-PS-2-Adapter.aspx?link=RVI

I had a similar experience with my current computer, an HP Z400, which
luckily has PS/2 ports, but no LPT1 support on the motherboard. I even
bought an add-on parallel card, but it was incompatible with VirtualPC
which accepts only a hard-coded address range. Now I am reduced to
printing PS files from VirtualPC and distilling them on the host system.
I know there are expensive cards that could be solution, but I have not
yet coaxed myself into buying one.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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22.2.2014 17:04, Bill Troop wrote:
> Dorothy Parker is said to have answered the phone with 'What fresh Hell
> is this?' and I have a similar feeling as I struggle with my lovely IBM
> M keyboard kindly supplied by Paul. I had naively thought all I needed
> to make it work was a PS/2 to USB connector. Now, having tried that out,
> I understand that I actually need an intelligent PS/2 to USB /converter.
> /Some additional intelligence is needed, that the converter supplies.
> Can anyone recommend a reliable product? A product made by Startech
> seems to be widely used, though it is not straightforward to distinguish
> between a model that just does a straightforward connect and one that
> has the additional intelligence required to make it work with
> contemporary USB.