• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I would really appreciate it if nobody looked at the PS/2 to USB adapter currently on my workbench, kplzandthx.

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      17 hours ago

      could you attach a picture of it? i want to be sure i don’t accidentally look at it by mistake

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      18 hours ago

      I may have recently retired my IBM->PS/2->USB daisy chain because I was gifted a modern mechanical keyboard…

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        15 hours ago

        Well, I fell pretty deep into that rabbit hole, where I’ve even designed a couple of primitive circuit boards and hand-wired a bunch of keyboards. I also mess around with vintage stuff a bit.

        This particular converter is programmable and meant to be used with a not mechanical 122-key terminal keyboard made by the company that took over IBM’s US keyboard factory, but it’s been hanging out with several DuPont wires shoved into it to connect it to a molex connector to test a different old board.