In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:53:27 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 09/18/2018 11:36 AM, micky wrote:

[snip]

mini-DIN. Regular DIN describes the older PC keyboard (and cassette on
the original PCs) connectors.

So what is the difference between mini-DIN and PS/2?

The Wikipedia article at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DIN_connector shows 7 varieties of
mini-DIN. The one in the middle looks like a PS/2 connector.

BTW, normal DIN is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector . I
have seen the 5,6, and 8 pin varieties.

BTW, one of the varieties of mini-DIN was used for S-video (which also
fell out too easily).

Thank you, Clare and Mark. I'll have to go look at the two articles
above.