[Coco] MC-11 Status Update

[Aaron Wolfe]

Contact a business equipment/computing supplier. In the US examples are
staples, office depot, office max, Ingram micro, CDW, etc.  You probably
won't see PS/2 devices in a retail store because its become uncommon for
home use, but they all sell them.  PS/2 devices are still used by many
companies for security purposes on desktops and especially on servers. A
USB port allows many dangerous devices such as portable mass storage, while
ps/2 connectors are pretty safe, so it is not uncommon to have usb disabled
on company owned computers.  Amazon also carries quite a few, if they
deliver to your area.  Not expensive.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:33 AM Didier Derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:

> In my country, if it is still possible to find good ps/2 mouse, qwerty
> ps/2 keyboards are not common we have to buy them overseas
> most of the keyboard are just usb with a non working usb to ps/2 adapter
> and azerty keyboard are not properly decoded
>
> After having tried to find for my old machine some usb interface I'm
> finally building mine
>
> I would love to buy Darren's Board it looks quite nice but with ps/2 I'm
> not so sure to buy one
> I love his  cocoSDC and I guess his new board is also very good.
>
> --
> didier
>
> On 28/07/2015 04:01, Zippster wrote:
> > Well, make that over 600.  I guess a lot of those were adapters and
> similar.
> >
> > - Ed
> >
> >
> >> On Jul 27, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yeah, I think most older USB keyboards will support the adapters.
> >>
> >> But as Al was indicating, PS2 keyboards are commonplace.  A quick ebay
> query turns up
> >> over 6,000 listings with a wide variety of prices (starting at almost
> nothing) and styles.
> >>
> >> - Ed
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jul 27, 2015, at 7:51 PM, Steve Batson via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have some old keyboards around that may work then...I guess I'll
> wait and see what the end state of this thing is. I would be fun to use to
> build up a system.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jul 27, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> A PS/2 to USB adapter only converts the pin assignments. The keyboard
> has to have the circuitry within it to detect that you have attached the
> adapter and switch to PS/2 mode.
> >>>>
> >>>> That's why these adapters don't work with every keyboard.
> >>>>
> >>>> There are active adapters that have circuitry, they will cost a bit
> more money. But, you can still find PS/2 keyboards if you look on Amazon,
> eBay, and elsewhere.
> >>>>
> >>>> -[ Al ]-
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message----- On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Steve
> Batson via Coco wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Cool so I suspect that it would work fine with a PS2 to USB adapter.
> >>>>> This sounds like a great homebrew computer that you could build up
> for all
> >>>>> kinds of control projects and things like that
> >>>>
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