dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) (03/01/91)
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
n8541751@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (Where there is darkness, light) (03/05/91)
dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes: >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?) Just buy one. It's an awful lot easier. I got mine from JDR microdevices in California. Kris. -- Kriston M. Bruland | . . . . . . . . . . n8541751@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu | . . . . . . . . . 8541751@nessie.cc.wwu.edu | . . . . . .