Hi Mercury Thirteen, 

do you have some more info on your build? 
I am interested in something like that, which would integrate a small trackpad 
into the kbd.

Thomas

> On 01.02.2024, at 22:04, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user 
> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> Not strictly on-FreeDOS-topic, but speaking of devices which translate USB to 
> PS/2, a recent project of mine has been designing a keyboard which, among 
> many other features, can itself connect to a PS/2 port and also accept a USB 
> device for input (e.g. a mouse, for example) whose data then gets forwarded 
> to the PS/2 port as well. I originally added this feature to allow one to 
> record both keyboard and mouse input and save it to a macro, but it could be 
> used as a USB-to-PS/2 converter of sorts as well. The first prototype is 
> functional (in fact, I'm typing this message on in now) and Revision B is 
> waiting to be soldered up for further refinement. :)
> 
> 
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> On Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Louis Santillan via Freedos-user 
> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> You inspired me to build one myself. I’m awaiting a few parts now.
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:15 PM Bill Gee via Freedos-user 
>> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net 
>> <mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote:
>>> An update for the group -
>>> 
>>> Today I built an adapter that translates USB keyboard and mouse to PS/2 
>>> signals.
>>> 
>>> https://docs.pikvm.org/pico_hid_bridge/
>>> 
>>> It works great! I can get into BIOS setup with it. CTL-ALT-DEL works. 
>>> I cannot see any problems with response time. Wolfenstein runs just fine.
>>> 
>>> I had to buy one PS2 cable and the logic level converter. I already had 
>>> a Pico, one PS/2 cable and the micro-USB to USB-A adapter.
>>> 
>>> Next to try is a different display adapter.
>>> 
>>> ===============
>>> Bill Gee
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