Hello,
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > The current project I see is dedicated > towards attaching various keyboards to other interfaces > (primarily to PS2, though there are some others thrown in) > > http://www.kbdbabel.org/ > > Of interest to this group would be the Mac 128k/512k/Plus > -> PS2 and PS2 > -> Mac Plus/etc. I have to ask: has anyone on the list actually taken the plunge and put one of those interfaces together? Or know of anyone who has? That site has been around for some time now, but I don't seem to recall hearing of anyone who has actually *built* the interface (apart from the site owner). Perhaps it's only remained a curiosity piece even after all this time? > But, the mouse protocols are, if anything, simpler than the > keyboard ones, so there'd be nothing keeping someone from doing > something similar. I suspect it would be trivial to adapt one of the > old "Bus Mouse" or "InPort Mouse" type PC mice since the pins are > similar. I've seen adapers to attach them to Atari STs, at any rate. I may already have the solution in the form of an old Logitech PS/2 - Serial adapter. There are PS/2 versions of the mouse I'd like to use on the plus, so this is close enough if it would work. What I don't know is how PS/2 signaling might differ from that of the old mechanical Mac mouse: the adapter merely seems to split the PS/2 signaling into the more discrete signals of a serial interface. Is this enough to allow it to work with a Mac Plus? Best, James Fraser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
