9 Feb
2003
9 Feb
'03
5:17 a.m.
I have one of those for my Logitech trackball.
However, I don't think
they are general-purpose USB-to-PS/2 adaptors. Such a device would
I'm almost sure it's not general purpose.
require quite a bit of intelligence and probably
wouln't fit in the
very small adaptor. More likely, those adaptors are passive connector
adaptors that also signal back to the mouse (or trackball or whatever).
When the mouse starts up, it detects the adaptor and changes the
behaviour of the interface accordingly.
Does anybody know for sure?
Well, that's certainly what most of the serial - PS/2 adapters supplied
with mice are. The mouse detects the adapter (or in this case detects the
12V levels of a serial port) and behaves accordingly.
-tony