5pin din to mini din (PS2) to USB, is it ok ? (solved) (jlai.lu)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by salcie@jlai.lu to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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Hi there !

I need to make use of an old keyboard with a 5 pin din connector, seems to have both AT and PC protocols, do you think it is possible to use a din to ps2 adapter then one of the available ps2 to usb ?

If so, any recommendations ?

Thanks !

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[-] waspentalive@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

A bigger question is will anything be damaged if you try it?

[-] salcie@jlai.lu 1 points 2 years ago

I need to buy the adapters and well... want to check before buying :D

[-] Gurfaild@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think you can damage anything by doing that - maybe you'd run into problems if the keyboard needs more current than the USB port can provide, but even then the keyboard just wouldn't do anything

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