IBM PS/2 Keyboard Cable

From: Dan Wright <dtwright_at_uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue Aug 14 14:31:28 2001

Tony Duell said:
> >
> > 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...

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
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)

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