On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 12 July 2010 22:59:59 Paul Hartman wrote: >> In my experience, the small PS/2 to USB mouse adapters like that do >> not contain a controller chip and only work on USB-compatible PS/2 >> mice. Those mice typically came with a USB adapter in the first place, >> so if yours didn't it could be that you're fighting a losing battle. > > This is a vanilla PS/2 IBM rather old mouse (protocol ImPS/2). I've grown > font of it over the years ... Oh dear! how sad can a geek get! O_O
I'm still using an old PS/2-style keyboard with said USB adapter as well. It used to be white... now it's a dirty yellowish color. You can have my keyboard when you pry it from my cold dead hands... >> The larger "Y"-shaped keyboard/mouse-to-USB adapters usually support >> non-USB-compatible PS/2 mice, though. I have one like this and it >> works for me: >> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9291 > > Does this Y-shaped dongle contain any electronics in it? Otherwise it > wouldn't be any different to a single connector. AFAIK it does, at least the one I have seems to work with "dumb" mice where the smaller connectors did not. I didn't buy mine from the site I linked to, but mine looks identical and they're probably all made in the same factory anyway.
