Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

Can confirm. Killed a Packard Bell sometime around 1990 hot plugging the keyboard. Luckily they warrantied it. On August 27, 2017 1:43:41 PM CDT, Rick Moen wrote: ::Quoting Simon Hobson (li...@thehobsons.co.uk): :: ::[PS/2 6-pin mini-DIN vs. old 5-pin DIN] :: ::> AFAIK

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

be reversed when the adapter pulls the clock line low and holds it. Sent from my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android Device Original message From: k...@aspodata.se Date: 8/27/17 2:04 PM (GMT-06:00) To: dng@lists.dyne.org Subject: Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports. Alessandro: > On Sun, 27

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

Nick: ... > I can admit that: a friend of mine cannot part of his original IBM AT > keyboard. So it has a converter from big DIN to PS2 to usb to connect it > to his PC without PS2 ports. Yes, there are still a few out there having thoose +10year old stuff. Hälsningar, /Karl Hammar

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info at smallinnovations dot nl [2017-08-27 22:25]: > I can admit that: a friend of mine cannot part of his original IBM AT > keyboard. So it has a converter from big DIN to PS2 to usb to connect it > to his PC without PS2 ports. I can understand that, they have a great "feel". However, they

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

On 27-08-17 21:04, k...@aspodata.se wrote: PC/AT and PS/2 have the same protocol and electrical spec. except they have different connectors. The protocol is bidirectional. PC/XT has the same pinout and connector as PC/AT but not the same protocol and they won't work together. The protocol is

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

Quoting k...@aspodata.se (k...@aspodata.se): > PC/AT and PS/2 have the same protocol and electrical spec. except they > have different connectors. The protocol is bidirectional. > > PC/XT has the same pinout and connector as PC/AT but not the > same protocol and they won't work together. > The

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

Alessandro: > On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 at 18:03:08 +0100 > Simon Hobson wrote: > [...] > > AFAIK the underlying protocol for the keyboard is the same (or near enough > > for simple conversion) between the two connector formats to allow for easy > > conversion between plugs. >

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

Quoting Simon Hobson (li...@thehobsons.co.uk): [PS/2 6-pin mini-DIN vs. old 5-pin DIN] > AFAIK the underlying protocol for the keyboard is the same (or near > enough for simple conversion) between the two connector formats to > allow for easy conversion between plugs. It absolutely is, and

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 at 18:03:08 +0100 Simon Hobson wrote: [...] > AFAIK the underlying protocol for the keyboard is the same (or near enough > for simple conversion) between the two connector formats to allow for easy > conversion between plugs. They are, adaptors are

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

Hendrik Boom wrote: >> That's PS/2, not RS232. > > True, true. And there seem to be two different sizes of those > round plugs in use. At least, I've seen adapters to connect between > the two sizes. I think you may be thinking of the original PC keyboard connector

Re: [DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 01:01:10PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > That's PS/2, not RS232. > > True, true. And there seem to be two different sizes of those > round plugs in use. At least, I've seen adapters to connect between > the two sizes. > > My system isn't as obsolete as I thought. >

[DNG] serial and ps2 ports.

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 06:54:11PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:45:27PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 02:34:36PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 at 23:23:47 +0200 (CEST) > > > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > > > > > >