If your bandwidth can afford more than 3bps:
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this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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Something>db9>db25>gender change, null modem or even a security dongle>back to db9> then a ps/2 connection> and the odd one out, a ps/2 to USB adapter for mice/keyboards> memory stick?
Straight from the scriptures of the Tech Gods. Amen
I think that the start was a PCMCIA or PC Card.
Ah you're right, it's been a while.
Im curious: Will the USB to PS/2 do anything for something thats not a keyboard or mouse?
No, and not even all keyboards and mice. It will only work for ones which can do PS/2 signaling over the USB port.
Probably not, if we're speaking about the next adapter in the line. They both use 4 pins, and there are no active conversion in the adapter itself, it just connects the pins like this:
USB ↔ PS/2
+5V ↔ +5V
D- ↔ D
D+ ↔ CLK
GND ↔ GND
So, as long as next adapter is not doing something funny with PS/2 signals, it should be ok for bare USB 2.0 connection.
That is an Excalidongle, an instrument of the Tech Priests of the Ignoramus Mechanicus.
Legend has it it contains the Sword of a Thousand Truths
I want to believe
USB<-->USB dongle?! >:(
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