17 Mar
2005
17 Mar
'05
8:12 a.m.
Rumor has it that Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner may have mentioned these words:
It was thus said that the Great Tony Duell once
stated:
What? And risk one of my precious IBM keyboards?! They're getting harder
and harder to find nowadays (didn't find *any* at the last Ham fest [1]) and
what ones I have left I'm not willing to experiment on.
But I've gotten a few solid leads on some adaptors (and yes, it's worth it
to me to buy the adaptors---nothing more dangerous than a software guy with
a soldering iron and all that.
We keep 'em in stock here... Both ways, just in case.
I'm having difficulty finding a PS/2 to AT
keyboard adapter [1].
But that's just a connector change. Cut off the PS/2 mini-DIN plug and
solder on a normal DIN plug, or vice versa. Also, I've found a source for the IBM keyboards
(AT or PS/2 style) still
being made (although without the IBM logo)
http://www.pckeyboard.com/
but they're *expensive* (although well worth it).
-spc (The most I've ever paid for an IBM keyboard was $10)
The most I've paid is half that -- that's why I have several, "just in
case." A few don't work right, so I have lots of spare parts...
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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