Infintiv Keyboard to USB

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Hi, I am in the process of cleaning up my Infintiv Keyboard Case and its gubbins.

For those of you who dont know, it uses a little PCB to convert the Amigas keyboard ribbon cable to a PS/2 connector.

Now the keyboard adapter in my infintiv case is not all that great (left shift key ceases to work and no multi-keypress for doom.

In my Infinitiv I have a working Highway USB card.

If I bought one of these PS/2 > USB converters:



Would all the keypresses work ok? Or would end up as something like when you press the A key it comes up as a Q on-screen?

Thanks!

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Just checked a website that sells these things:

"Note, the adapter only functions with items that are compatible with both USB and PS/2 connection types, not compatible with PS/2 only."

Doesnt look good.

I was also thinking about modding a standard USB keyboard into the infintiv keyboard case but Amiga Keyboards are a different shape to PC keyboards =\

I have included a picture of the Micronik > PS/2 adapter

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I have also just found this:



Now according to this website it has been tested and working with a few IBM keyboards from 1990 and earlier.

Quote from the sellers website:

In general, a well-designed ps/2 to USB keyboard converter will actively translate the incoming ps/2 keyboard signal and convert it into a USB keyboard signal. This will allow the vintage keyboard to be recognized by the operating system as an "HID keyboard device". An active ps/2 to USB converter will use the built-in operating system drivers for a USB keyboard (for example in Microsoft Windows XP, kbdclass.sys and kbdhid.sys).

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Well it has a PIC chip on it, that I guess should convert it to PS2 Logic.

However I plugged it into my XP machine but it didnt work when typing.

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Matt_H:

You got a keyboard using the infintiv keyboard adapter to work on an A1 OK?

Wonder why it didnt work on my PC.

Will have to try again.