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USB To PS/2 Adapter
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Helps but with a major caviat
(3 out of 5) by Pace Ripley on Jul 6, 2004 (Somerville, MA)The adapter appeared to work fine without installing any software. Just connect it to the USB port on your computer, connect the PS/2 keyboard and mouse and you are good to go.
The big but comes from the fact that if you hold the Shift, Alt, or Ctrl keys for more than 3 seconds, you would 'lose' them: so if you want to save a file using the Shift-S shortcut, and you held the Shift key for too long - you are only going to see the letter 's' added instead of having the file saved.
With USB peripherals being so cheap, skip this adapter.
The big but comes from the fact that if you hold the Shift, Alt, or Ctrl keys for more than 3 seconds, you would 'lose' them: so if you want to save a file using the Shift-S shortcut, and you held the Shift key for too long - you are only going to see the letter 's' added instead of having the file saved.
With USB peripherals being so cheap, skip this adapter.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Works great, handles scroll wheel, no key dropping
(5 out of 5) by Steven L. Sexton on Sep 25, 2005 (Delray Beach, FL USA)Not sure what these other folks are complaining about, I've never had a problem with it dropping modifier keys. But I don't game with it either - I avoid USB entirely for gaming, and directly connect PS/2 devices. The USB to PS/2 adapter is for my laptop which only has USB connections for external keyboards and mice.
Also, this is the first PS/2 to USB adapter I've found that supports the scroll wheel on the mouse, which is a HUGE plus. Others adapters (Belkin) don't. Highly recommend.
Also, this is the first PS/2 to USB adapter I've found that supports the scroll wheel on the mouse, which is a HUGE plus. Others adapters (Belkin) don't. Highly recommend.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Drops keys
(2 out of 5) by Nvila on Sep 5, 2005 (Atlanta, GA USA)This keyboard adapter has trouble with multiple keypresses - if you need to use ctrl-x followed by ctrl-f , it can lose the fact that you still have "ctrl" held down. It thus works horribly for video games or complicated text editing, and so I can not recommmend it. A keyboard adapter should not lose track of keys.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Dependable, but slow for some
(3 out of 5) by Luis J. Colorado on Jul 29, 2008 (Baltimore, MD USA)I have used this product for years with my old and comfortable keyboards. Unfortunately, this adapter does not allow you to program the repetition-rate when you hold down a key, and I find the repetition rate rather slow (I prefer to use the fastest speed). People who use the keyboard extensively to navigate through documents using the cursor keys will find this quite annoying. Otherwise, it's a nice, dependable, durable cable.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Works well on XP Pro SP2
(4 out of 5) by buyaclue on Aug 29, 2005 (IL United States)For XP to recognize the adapter properly the first time, it seems I had to plug in both keyboard and mouse into the adapter before plugging the adapter into the USB port. After that "initialization" step, it was recognized each following time even though no PS/2 device was plugged in. This was a minor complaint for me, and may be inconvenient for others who only have one input device available.
I did not have any issues with XP thinking I released shift, alt, or ctrl while I was still holding down those keys (even for 10 seconds or more). Character repeat seemed to work ok too, though I didn't test this very much.
My mouse was a USB Logitech optical with an adapter to PS/2. My keyboard had a 5-pin DIN adapted to PS/2. There were no problems even with each device having its own adapter to PS/2.
Overall, I am pleased with this adapter.
I did not have any issues with XP thinking I released shift, alt, or ctrl while I was still holding down those keys (even for 10 seconds or more). Character repeat seemed to work ok too, though I didn't test this very much.
My mouse was a USB Logitech optical with an adapter to PS/2. My keyboard had a 5-pin DIN adapted to PS/2. There were no problems even with each device having its own adapter to PS/2.
Overall, I am pleased with this adapter.