Question Keyboards PS2 to USB?

[ST45kwxyz]

Hi all,
So I have a couple of old keyboards Dell Quietkey and a Compaq both are great keyboard very easy typing and such.
I have seen a few videos on Youtube about converting a PS2 into fo USB with the 4 primary wires soldered to the controller board.

My question I've heard a lot of these fail because the OS will search for a non existing driver and fail to work.
Have any of you had success with this option and could you post a link to the details?

I have not problem rebooting to make these old ones ps2 work with the modern os's but would like to make it plug and play.(I've tried those little adapters ps2 male into female Usb adapter they don't provide power to the board)

I have plenty of the new cheap usb's but I really like using these old ones.
Thanks..;.

 

[USAFRet]

$6
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Replacement-USB-Keyboard-Adapter/dp/B000A0K2JO

 

[ST45kwxyz]

$6
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Replacement-USB-Keyboard-Adapter/dp/B000A0K2JO

Thanks USAFRet, for the quick reply.
I've tried those and they don't provide power to the Keyboard?
but I appreciate the link.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks USAFRet, for the quick reply.
I've tried those and they don't provide power to the Keyboard?
but I appreciate the link.

I've used several of these with old keyboards, no problem.

Maybe not this exact one, but similar.

 

[ST45kwxyz]

I've used several of these with old keyboards, no problem.

Maybe not this exact one, but similar.

Yes, these work with a USB keyboard in to the USB to PS2 adapter, not what I'm looking to do.?

 

[USAFRet]

Ah, sorry...I was reading this the other way around.

 

[USAFRet]

Possibly this:
https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Keyboard-Converter-Adapter-110934/dp/B00IACID2C

 

[Paperdoc]

So you have a keyboard with a PS/2 5-pin DIN connector on its cable, and you want to plug it into a standard USB2 Type A socket. You need this adapter

https://www.amazon.com/DGZZI-Adapte...566&sprefix=adapter+PS/2+to+USB,aps,96&sr=8-5

or, this one gives you BOTH PS/2 sockets for keyboard AND mouse

https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Ke...798&sprefix=adapter+PS/2+to+USB,aps,96&sr=8-3

These certailnly should work - the electrical lines on a USB2 port are the SAME as 4 of the pins of a PS/2. So if the old keyboard did work on a standard PS/2 socket, it should work on USB2. UNLESS, of course, the keyboards were used on mobos that had NON-standard PS/2 sockets or electrical power supply lines.

Drivers - well, there could be an issue. IF the keyboard(s) was a "standard" one, the generic Windows keyboard driver should suffice. BUT if it had special features that required its own driver, the old driver is VERY unlikely to work in current Windows, and might not even bother to look for the keyboard on a USB2 port.

 

[ST45kwxyz]

So you have a keyboard with a PS/2 5-pin DIN connector on its cable, and you want to plug it into a standard USB2 Type A socket. You need this adapter

https://www.amazon.com/DGZZI-Adapter-Female-Converter-Keyboard/dp/B095GW6FSZ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3RBYNEZ9FRVD8&keywords=ps/2+to+usb+adapter+for+keyboard&qid=1650945566&sprefix=adapter+PS/2+to+USB,aps,96&sr=8-5

or, this one gives you BOTH PS/2 sockets for keyboard AND mouse

https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Keyboard-Converter-Adapter-110934/dp/B00IACID2C/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3RBYNEZ9FRVD8&keywords=ps/2+to+usb+adapter+for+keyboard&qid=1650945798&sprefix=adapter+PS/2+to+USB,aps,96&sr=8-3

These certailnly should work - the electrical lines on a USB2 port are the SAME as 4 of the pins of a PS/2. So if the old keyboard did work on a standard PS/2 socket, it should work on USB2. UNLESS, of course, the keyboards were used on mobos that had NON-standard PS/2 sockets or electrical power supply lines.

Drivers - well, there could be an issue. IF the keyboard(s) was a "standard" one, the generic Windows keyboard driver should suffice. BUT if it had special features that required its own driver, the old driver is VERY unlikely to work in current Windows, and might not even bother to look for the keyboard on a USB2 port.

Thanks Paperdoc, I'll check them out online and maybe try one.
I'd still like to find out who's done a mod with a usb cable and replaced the ps2 cable and if it worked? But I think this will suffice.