Re: PS-2 Keyboard for Aplle II ?

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <1135995653.165903.15480@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
 "Gabriel" <usenet@gamoe.net> wrote:

> I'd drop PS/2 and go for trying USB. Why replace one aging interface
> wth another?
> 

Primary difference between USB and ps/2, elcetrically speaking: The end 
of the cable. 

I've meter-verified that the USB-->ps/2 converter that came in the 
package with my USB mouse simply "rearranges" the USB pins to fit the 
ps/2 plug - Which seems to be further confirmed by the fact that putting 
the converter on the end of the mouse cable and plugging it into an 
actual IBM ps/2 system is an "it just works" thing. Plugging it into a 
USB port without the converter is the same - "it just works". Ditto when 
I put the converter on the end of my USB keyboard cable and jack it into 
the ps/2, or swap it to my USB-equipped Mac without the converter - Just 
like the rodent, either way, "it just works".

So to me, it looks like either way, it's a "not likely to happen" 
concept - You're either going to have to hack up a ps/2-->Apple II 
converter unit (which will need some fairly intensive effort, I expect) 
or get USB working on an Apple II - which I would expect to be at leat 
as much effort, if not more. Despite my fond memories of the Apple II 
line, neither project seems worth the investment, by my standards.

Especially when you can score a complete Apple on eBay (or, as in my 
case, several of them out of a dumpster that can be cobbled into one or 
more working machines) for a whole lot less time and effort than what 
the conversion project would require.

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