-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 31/08/15 11:39, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:18 pm, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> Oh joy! forgive my nose, especially since I missed this post at >> first. Still, I am typing right now, this very moment, on a real >> IBM clicky keyboard! However the cable is starting to fray, and >> I was wondering if I would be able to replace this treasure...i. >> have. had. this. for. a. very! long time. Anyway, your link to >> this company may be a solution and I am sososososo happy! thanks, >> Kare > > If the only problem is a cable, all you need to do is find a local > technician who can replace the cable with the cable from one of > the chinese keyboards which someone has tossed into the dumpster. > > Of course, most keyboards nowadays are USB. But most of us > (myself included) have in the closet a keyboard or two which uses > the old-style connector, if that is what you need.
The other thing that might work if you can't get a PS/2 keyboard cable. Get some 5-core shielded cable and a DIN-5 connector. Solder that up to replace the faulty keyboard cable. Then use a DIN-5 → PS/2 adapter to plug it into your PS/2 socket. - -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iJ4EARMKAAYFAlXoufIACgkQoCQEvFhlDPmhrgH/dk7eK8msLJDTsSXng8FuCl1O 3v3bEvIkqILLHOWpHy1vNhLiYjZrAz2kPXs28ORXXQp92buCyUhAC2fNXTEdSQH/ WuNWZSD3Fx23Tqwj0ycSQxcaFxE0/81PyqJToVw9bSPiKOpg0cnwrujIYI4GqWvB j7QK/ayQiGSoFy5QCf7CmA== =vTym -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
