14 Aug
2001
14 Aug
'01
12:21 a.m.
Hi,
I've got a PS/2 keyboard (IBM keyboards were the best thing to happen to
PC keyboard IMHO, apart from the first one) but unfortunatly the cable is
going on this one. I was wondering if anyone would have such a thing as a
replacement cable (silly flat connector at one end to PS2 at the
other) :&)
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14 Aug
14 Aug
3:13 a.m.
Last time I needed a couple, JDT Microdevices carried them but others may
too
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-> Subject: IBM PS/2 Keyboard Cable
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->
-> Hi,
-> I've got a PS/2 keyboard (IBM keyboards were the best thing to
-> happen to
-> PC keyboard IMHO, apart from the first one) but unfortunatly the cable is
-> going on this one. I was wondering if anyone would have such a thing as a
-> replacement cable (silly flat connector at one end to PS2 at the
-> other) :&)
->
-> -- Matt
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6:53 a.m.
At http://www.pckeyboard.com/ you can get brand new ones.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
Last time I needed a couple, JDT Microdevices carried
them but others may
too
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-> Subject: IBM PS/2 Keyboard Cable
->
->
-> Hi,
-> I've got a PS/2 keyboard (IBM keyboards were the best thing to
-> happen to
-> PC keyboard IMHO, apart from the first one) but unfortunatly the cable is
-> going on this one. I was wondering if anyone would have such a thing as a
-> replacement cable (silly flat connector at one end to PS2 at the
-> other) :&)
->
-> -- Matt
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9:36 a.m.
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10:31 a.m.
Tony Duell said:
I've seen these flat connectors (though I don't actually have a cable), and I
believe that they're physically the same a the connector HP uses for HP-HIL
keyboards & mice, and those aren't so uncommon... So I guess you could try to
dig up an HIL cable and solder a PS/2 connector onto the end :)
- Dan Wright
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Hi,
I've got a PS/2 keyboard (IBM keyboards were the best thing to happen to
PC keyboard IMHO, apart from the first one) but unfortunatly the cable is
going on this one. I was wondering if anyone would have such a thing as a
replacement cable (silly flat connector at one end to PS2 at the
other) :&)
If you get no other help, I can find you the pinout of that IBM flat
keyboard connector. You can get the PS/2 keyboard pinouts off the web,
and wire up a cable. You might have to solder to the PCB traces inside
the keyboard, as you'll never find that flat connector...
1:26 p.m.
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2:36 p.m.
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
FWIW, I've also seen them on some name-brand clone
keyboards (I think
Compaq) and IBM PC/AT keyboards (like the one I am typing on at the
moment). All had the same pinout (not in any way related to HP-HIL, of
course.
No, the Compaq cable is different. I know for a fact that a cable from an
old Compaq keyboard will NOT work with an IBM keyboard.
ok
r.
2:37 p.m.
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3:19 p.m.
But these cables are still made in quantity by Unicomp (the people who own
the rights to the original IBM design).
Peace... Sridhar
6:48 p.m.
Dan Wright skrev:
I've seen these flat connectors (though I don't
actually have a cable), and I
believe that they're physically the same a the connector HP uses for HP-HIL
keyboards & mice, and those aren't so uncommon... So I guess you could try
to dig up an HIL cable and solder a PS/2 connector onto the end :)
Then again that would be shame since PS/2 cables are far more common than HIL
ones.
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15 Aug
15 Aug
5:04 a.m.
Iggy Drougge said:
Dan Wright skrev:
Are they? I guess my perceptions are just warped by working at U of I...
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For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
I've seen these flat connectors (though I
don't actually have a cable), and I
believe that they're physically the same a the connector HP uses for HP-HIL
keyboards & mice, and those aren't so uncommon... So I guess you could try
to dig up an HIL cable and solder a PS/2 connector onto the end :)
Then again that would be shame since PS/2 cables are far more common than HIL
ones. 
7:15 a.m.
Can't you just go to Goodwill and pick up a whole keyboard, and use the
cable from it? I see IBM Model M's quite often at Goodwill. They are
always the PS/2 style. I've only found one that had an AT cable so far.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
7:56 a.m.
Hi,
Can't you just go to Goodwill and pick up a whole
keyboard, and use the
cable from it? I see IBM Model M's quite often at Goodwill. They are
always the PS/2 style. I've only found one that had an AT cable so far.
If I were one of you american types perhaps ;&)
/me is a brit through and through :&)
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8:43 p.m.
Oh, I assumed you were American, sorry. Do you have any thrift stores
that would have computers at all? Given the number of systems IBM
shipped with these keyboards it seems that getting the cable surplus
shouldn't be too hard.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Matt London wrote:
If I were one of you american types perhaps ;&)
/me is a brit through and through :&)
-- Matt
16 Aug
16 Aug
5:25 a.m.
And the fact that these keyboards are still being made. I don't see any
reason for messing up another existing keyboard. You can still get new
ones.
Peace... Sridhar
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Oh, I assumed you were American, sorry. Do you have
any thrift stores
that would have computers at all? Given the number of systems IBM
shipped with these keyboards it seems that getting the cable surplus
shouldn't be too hard.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Matt London wrote:
If I were one of you american types perhaps
;&)
/me is a brit through and through :&)
-- Matt
15 Aug
15 Aug
4:21 p.m.
Dan Wright skrev:
Iggy Drougge said:
> Dan Wright skrev:
>
> >I've seen these flat connectors (though I don't actually have a cable),
> >and I believe that they're physically the same a the connector HP uses for
> >HP-HIL keyboards & mice, and those aren't so uncommon... So I guess you
> >could try to dig up an HIL cable and solder a PS/2 connector onto the end
> >:)
>
> Then again that would be shame since PS/2 cables are far more common than
> HIL ones.
Are they? I guess my perceptions are just warped by
working at U of I...
I'd say the amount of PS/2 machines sold is exponentielly larger than the
amount of HIL machines sold.
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14 Aug
14 Aug
6:43 p.m.
Tony Duell skrev:
> I've got a PS/2 keyboard (IBM keyboards were
the best thing to happen to
> PC keyboard IMHO, apart from the first one) but unfortunatly the cable is
> going on this one. I was wondering if anyone would have such a thing as a
> replacement cable (silly flat connector at one end to PS2 at the
> other) :&)
If you get no other help, I can find you the pinout of
that IBM flat
keyboard connector. You can get the PS/2 keyboard pinouts off the web,
and wire up a cable. You might have to solder to the PCB traces inside
the keyboard, as you'll never find that flat connector...
I think AMP makes the connector. Is it that hard to find?
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7:41 p.m.
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
Tony, since he says that his cable is going (south?), I would assume
that he would have the flat connector unless it is a molded on kind of
thing that would be destroyed in opening it up. Also, he should be able
to 'ring out' the end to end pinouts.
- don
Hi,
I've got a PS/2 keyboard (IBM keyboards were the best thing to happen to
PC keyboard IMHO, apart from the first one) but unfortunatly the cable is
going on this one. I was wondering if anyone would have such a thing as a
replacement cable (silly flat connector at one end to PS2 at the
other) :&)
If you get no other help, I can find you the pinout of that IBM flat
keyboard connector. You can get the PS/2 keyboard pinouts off the web,
and wire up a cable. You might have to solder to the PCB traces inside
the keyboard, as you'll never find that flat connector...
15 Aug
15 Aug
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