Kittens on the keys?
On 14/09/2010 14:38, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:58:43 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
Jules Richardson wrote:
I think I got my PS/2-USB convertor from clickykeyboards.com. I do
have a PS/2 socket on the PC, but every so often the keyboard would
stop responding when plugged into it; I wonder if it's a current-draw
issue.
Model M takes about 112mA (supposedly 100x more current than a modern
PS/2 keyboard), the PS/2 port should be willing to provide up to 275mA,
but I gather some modern machines are unwilling ...
Yes, I suspect that some modern motherboards fare better than others. It
might be that my keyboard's drawing more than it should due to age-
related problems too (or that the early ones such as mine are actually a
little more power-hungry than later M's)
No problems via the USB widget, though.
I must grab one ...
Just make sure you get an "intelligent" one - it's hard to tell from a
lot of ads out there whether the thing for sale is just a dumb convertor
or not (and some folk will try to sell you a dumb convertor claiming
it'll work)
What does an intelligent one do? I have what I'm sure must be a 'dumb'
converter (99p off ebay) to use an old PS/2 keyboard with my laptop or
my son's Playstation, and it works fine?
David
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