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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: asian1 on October 07, 2005, 05:31:05 AM

Title: PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse and Troika Amy
Post by: asian1 on October 07, 2005, 05:31:05 AM

> Troika Amy - without legacy ports.

Is it possible to use PS/2 keyboards and mouse with the new Troika Amy board?
What about 3rd party / oem USB to PS/2 adapter?
I had asked the vendor and they said that their product is only for X86 PC, not PowerPC.
Is there any AmigaOS 4 and Linux PowerPC driver for the adapter?

http://www.usbgear.com/USB_TO_PS2_CONVERTER/

Title: Re: PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse and Troika Amy
Post by: adolescent on October 07, 2005, 07:07:24 AM

I use a Belkin PS/2->USB adapter on my Mac.  So, I'm sure it's possible.  No driver is needed.

Title: Re: PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse and Troika Amy
Post by: Stedy on October 07, 2005, 11:06:18 PM

PS/2 keyboards and mouse? No.
With 3rd party USB to PS2 adaptor, it should do it depends on the host OS USB driver stack.

The NEC USB device supports the USB 2 modes OHCI/UHCI & EHCI which covers all devices on the market.

As part of the compatibility testing of the Amy'05 a number of common PC peripherals will be tested, I will add a generic USB-PS2 adaptor to the list.

Ian
Developer Amy'05 project.

Title: Re: PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse and Troika Amy
Post by: Matt_H on October 07, 2005, 11:54:35 PM

@ asian1

Virutally all port adaptors are hardware independent. Whoever told you otherwise is either wrong, or lying. Most likely the former.

Title: Re: PS/2 Keyboard+Mouse and Troika Amy
Post by: asian1 on October 08, 2005, 12:15:17 AM

> OS Independent - without driver - Amy05 Developer

How to set Serial port parameter: Baud, stop bit, parity etc?

What about the following docking station / hub / Serial-Parallel port replicator:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1224926

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/usb_bay.html

http://industrialcomponent.com/ionetworks/301100021.html

Docking Station (http://www.usbgear.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=USBG-620U1&cats=104,653,210,212)