Re: PS/2-to-USB adapter - why does this work?
- From: AZ Nomad <aznomad.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:55:49 GMT
On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:14:25 -0600, George <gh424NO824SPAM@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I see this for about $6 at Newegg:
http://www.byteccusa.com/product/adapter/bt-2000.htm
It lets you connect both a PS/2 keyboard and mouse to one USB socket
on your computer (for laptops which have no PS/2 ports).
Just looking at it, and with the price being so low, it appears that
this may just be straight-through wiring, with no processing or
logic circuitry at all.
If that's true, then I'm confused. I'm no expert on either the PS/2
or USB protocols, but I just always thought they were not
compatible, as well as being pretty complicated (well, USB, at
That adapter has a USB interface to two serial ports most likely a single
chip embedded in the USB plug. When connected, the PC sees the usb
device, reads it's registers to discover two HID (human interface device)
ports.
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