ps/2 to USB adapter for mouse?

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Davej said:
Anyone using one of these mouse adapters with success? Thanks.
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There is this kind. It converts a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse,
for usage with a USB computer. Some of the original versions
of these, had a problem with the mouse after about 10 minutes
of usage (don't remember the details now). Inside the "blob"
is an actual processor.

http://images.tigerdirect.com/skuimages/large/C184-27225-main.jpg

The other kind is smaller, and consists of a PS/2 male on one end
and a USB female on the other end. It is a passive adapter for
a USB mouse, and allows a USB mouse to be plugged into a PS/2
computer. The adapter is passive, and doesn't look to be big
enough for active elements. It basically rewires the four
pins from USB, to certain of the pins on PS/2. The mouse
must support the usage of such an adapter (not all of them
do so). I have a mouse that comes with one, and it works fine.

http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/492/350__1_usb_ps2m_0.jpg

So if you had a USB mouse, it came with the green adapter, you
lost the adapter, then you can buy another one and expect it
to work. Otherwise, I don't know of a way to predict whether
a USB mouse is convertible with the passive adapter.

Paul
 
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There is this kind. It converts a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse,
for usage with a USB computer. Some of the original versions
of these, had a problem with the mouse after about 10 minutes
of usage (don't remember the details now). Inside the "blob"
is an actual processor.

http://images.tigerdirect.com/skuimages/large/C184-27225-main.jpg

The other kind is smaller, and consists of a PS/2 male on one end
and a USB female on the other end. It is a passive adapter for
a USB mouse, and allows a USB mouse to be plugged into a PS/2
computer. The adapter is passive, and doesn't look to be big
enough for active elements. It basically rewires the four
pins from USB, to certain of the pins on PS/2. The mouse
must support the usage of such an adapter (not all of them
do so). I have a mouse that comes with one, and it works fine.

http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/492/350__1_usb_ps2m_0.jpg

So if you had a USB mouse, it came with the green adapter, you
lost the adapter, then you can buy another one and expect it
to work. Otherwise, I don't know of a way to predict whether
a USB mouse is convertible with the passive adapter.

    Paul
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A mouse's connector and operating mode aren't the same thing.
The connectors are:
serial mouse
ps/2
usb
The modes are ditto, but its common for a mouse to have one connector
but work in 2 possible modes. This means that some passive adaptors
work with some mice, but also many times they wont.


NT
 
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