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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Gurfaild@feddit.org 1 points 1 day 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

[–] salcie@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

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