> From: Caleb S. Cupples <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Connector identification assistance needed
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 6:03 PM
> On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 17:50 -0800,
> Jonas Lopez wrote:
> > Connector identification assistance needed
> >
> > Sorry to bother you all, but I am in need of a simple
> connector converter to go from our older G3 keyboard and
> mouse round connectors to the new G4 flat connectors for
> same. I have one, but it is wrong gender.
> >
> > The older one was 6 pin round and the new one is 4 pin
> square. I am under the impression that 2 pins are not used,
> hopping so.
> >
> > The converter needs to be male round to flat that I
> guess it is male, it is the gender that I will plug into the
> back of the G4. Maybe that is male???
> >
> > I have on my desk a green plastic one that is round to
> square. The round end has pins (male), but the square end is
> the same as the one on the G4 and is wrong since I need to
> plug in this converter to the back if the G4, so it is the
> wrong gender.
>
> Jonas, The G3s used an ADB connection for the keyboard and mouse,
> which requires an active converter to use on the G4s, which have USB.
I always hate to have failed on the very first reply, but....
An old, but brand new, in the box Webcam, called a QuickCam, was donated to us.
It has three connectors on it. I suspect it was built during the time when no
specific decision was made as to which connector was to be used, so they put
three on it, hoping one would work.
The DB-25 with pins (male) and the very big round 5 pin that was used on old
PCs and that is converted to the small round 6 pin like our keyboard and mouse
- the ADB with holes (female) and then I found a green converter that will take
me from the ADB (has pins) to the square, USB, but the USB is female like thoes
on the back of the G4s, so I can't plug it in for a test.
NOW, you point out that their is some - requires an active converter, does this
also apply to a webcam. Maybe this is a lost cause?
Sorry for the post. JML.
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