Last time I needed a couple, JDT Microdevices carried them but others may too -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Matt London -> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:21 AM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> 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 -> -> --- -> E-mail: -> matt(a)pkl.net, matt(a)knm.yi.org, matt(a)printf.net -> matt(a)m-techdiagnostics.ltd.uk, matthew.london(a)stud.umist.ac.uk -> mattl(a)vcd.student.utwente.nl, mlondon(a)mail.talk-101.com -> Web Page: -> http://knm.yi.org/ -> http://pkl.net/~matt/ -> -> PGP Key fingerprint = 00BF 19FE D5F5 8EAD 2FD5 D102 260E 8BA7 EEE4 8D7F -> PGP Key http://knm.yi.org/matt-pgp.html -> ->

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...

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.

Dan Wright skrev: Then again that would be shame since PS/2 cables are far more common than HIL ones.

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.

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:

> 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...