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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Adapter for IBM PS/2 Keyboard-->5-pin Connector Plug
Message-ID: <1991May22.124750.639@panix.uucp>
Date: 22 May 91 12:47:50 GMT
References: <1991May21.104008.1479@hellgate.utah.edu>
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In article <1991May21.104008.1479@hellgate.utah.edu> u-mwong%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Michael Wong) writes:
>
>   I'd like to know if there's some cable I can use so that I can connect
>the plug of an IBM PS/2 keyboard to the plug-in of an Everex STEP keyboard
>port, which has a 5-pin DIN-type input.  If such a cable does exist, does
>anybody know if I might encounter any incompatibilities with the output
>of the keyboard to my computer (i.e. are IBM PS/2 keyboards any different
>from other generic/compatible keyboards?)???

I've seen adaptors for both tasks: AT keyboard to PS/2, and PS/2 keyboard
to AT. Both work, cost about $5 at electronic suppliers.

Electrically the keyboards are the same, assuming they are "standard".
The signals that are actually used are the same; the plugs are just
wired differently.



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