9 Dec
2008
9 Dec
'08
10:33 a.m.
Glen Slick wrote:
USB keyboards and mice are HID (Human Interface
Device) devices and
there is a standard specification for these devices. The active
PS/2-USB adapters appear to the host to be a standard HID which
unknown to the host speaks PS/2 to the keyboard and/or mouse.
http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/
http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/HID1_11.pdf
Aha, that makes sense.
The clickykeyboards website actually makes mention of this, too:
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subc…
... I think I'll just order one of their converters. As someone else has
already managed (http://zevv.nl/play/misc/ibm-usb) it's even small enough to
fit their converter internal to a Model M if desired.
cheers
Jules