> PS/2 to USB adapters floating around in a tackle box.

Heh. [Most] PS/2 to USB adapters aren't.

They don't actually adapt the PS/2 protocol to USB, they just adapt the pins. The USB _hardware_ on the host does the emulation. However, the new generations of USB chips stopped bothering with the PS/2 emulation so these adapters are now useless.

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autoexec 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Damn, in that case I'm certain that the ones I have gathering dust, all of which came from various packaged mice/keyboards, won't be up to the task. I've got enough old hardware they might still come in handy one day, but I'm pretty sure they're now just relics.

	▲	cyberax 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		You can buy real PS/2 to USB adapters. E.g. this one from StarTech: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028OP2Y I bought a used slideable rack-mounted LCD last year for my home server rack, and its keyboard with touchpad use PS/2. That's how I found that out.

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tracker1 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wonder if this is part of why my unicomp keyboards don't work for going into the bios on my current desktop, it doesn't work until inside the OS.

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immibis 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Actually it's the device that supports both PS/2 and USB mode. The host doesn't.

	▲	hxorr 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is also my understanding too
	▲	cyberax 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Sure. It is also a possibility, but a lot of PS/2 devices predate the USB.