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Help me find a USB adaptor for a PS/2 type plug. Searching online just gets me Playstations! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm losing my mind. This old graphics tablet connects to the PS/2 port on an old PC for power. There's a separate serial cable for the actual data connection. I want to supply it power without needing to connect it to a PS/2 port, so an adapter for USB would be ideal.

I know others have achieved this but I can't find the details. Can anyone help? The search results are full of Playstations because it misinterprets the "PS/2" part.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

GC46MF

Part number for startech PS2 to usb adapter

Probably won't work due to the higher power of serial compared to usb though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Maybe the part I heard about is specially made to account for that too. Hmm. Thanks, I'll look into it further. Edit: according to this video (3 minutes, 15 seconds mark), the adaptors do work.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ixZhIxMus&t=228

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

You could always look into a PCIe serial card for the serial port, and the PS2 to usb adapter. Still unsure if it'll work but it's pretty cheap stuff to test out