On Thursday 27 December 2001 05:55 am, you wrote: > > > Previously, David Aikema chose to write: > > mouse usb->ps2 ps2->serial > > > No cigar. > > The fly in this ointment is that no two ps2->serial adaptors are born > equal. They are married to the mouse that they came with. There is no such > thing as a 'generic' ps2->serial adaptor. The ps2->serial adaptor that you > have is a cheat and a liar, it's ps2 connection is expecting a mouse, a > specific oem mouse at that, the last thing it expects is to be hit with is > another (male) ps2 connector and I am unaware of any circumstance where > what you have will work. The biggest problem isn't thepinouts of either of these, as all the ps2 pinouts are the same, the problem is that ps2 and usb both have a +5V and ground available capable of supplying more current than any serial bus can ever hope to. Most devices built for usb require that extra zap and even if you were to custum build an adapter that would allow you to connect that usb device to a seriaal port I doubt that it would ever operate properly. Hence my previous comment; Get a USB adapter card and be done with it.
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