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From: dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Pinout for DIN, PS/2 keyboard cables?
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Date: 1 Mar 91 04:24:56 GMT
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I want to plug a standard IBM AT keyboard into a computer that has a
PS/2-type keyboard jack (it's a Goldstar 386SuX :-)

I found a mail-order house that sells an adapter that does the job,
but they are back-ordered for a while. In the meantime, I have some
DIN jacks lying around, and I wonder if I could just solder some
short wires onto the leads of a DIN jack and carefully poke them 
into the correct holes in the PS/2-type keyboard jack. (I'd secure
the whole jerry-rig in a very professional manner using that wonder
of the 20th century, duct tape. Who can have a life without duct
tape?)

Anyway, with five or six pins on the DIN plug (haven't checked lately)
and even more on the PS/2 jack, the number of combinations is more than
I want to search exhaustively. So...does anyone out there have the pinouts
for these respective keyboard cables? I don't have the IBM hardware guides,
which is presumably where I would find this info. (?) 

I appreciate any references, pointers, suggestions to go to hell, etc.,
that anyone can offer.

Thank you, and good night.

 
--
Dan Mocsny				
Internet: dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu