Project: The Ultimate PS/2 Adapter

[AMC258]

Only one request:  Make sure it fits in an A2000 mouse port.  The Punchinello (which converts M$ serial mice to Amiga) doesn't really fit unless you grind it down.

Also, I found one other problem with the Punchinello.  It's rigid and sticks out the front of the 2000PT (Polish Tower aka A2000D turned on it's side) so far that if you walk by the 2000 too close you break it off.
A solution would be to have the Amiga mouse port connector on a cable instead of directly on the dongle.

[swift240]

Great idea, and well done.

Take your time and we can all have a great converter to buy and use.

Mike.

[actung_bab]

good on you buddy l buy 1 thats for sure ;-(

 :-)

[skurk]

Hehe, well it's not something I'll put up for sale (I'm no businessman), it's just a project I'll GPL when it gets done.

Anyway, other projects have occupied me lately, so this one's on hold for now.  Also, other (and better) adapters have arised since then...

[alexh]

Are you REALLY going to support USB HID or are you just going to put a USB connector on so you dont need a USB to PS/2 adapter?

Almost all mice (for the forseeable future) support legacy PS/2 over USB (that's where they send PS/2 signals down their USB cable) and so I cannot see the benefit of adding an expensive USB host chip.

Just my 2p's worth.

I take it you know there are several open-source projects like this, with example PIC code to peek at if you like ;-)

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/mouseps2
http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/ps2m
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/didierm/eiffel-e.htm

@mrmkl
Love your work ;-)

[mboehmer_e3b]

@leirbag:  I doubt it will work with modern USB mice, sorry.  They depend on various drivers, and I obviously cannot implement them all.  If the USB mouse works on a PS/2 port (using an adapter) then it will work on this unit as well.

That's {bleep}. Sorry.

USB mice support HID class, and this is standardized (which means also other HID class devices work perfectly with it).
Some mice also support bootmouse class, which is also standardized.

So if you rely on the latter one, at least part of them work with one effort. If you go for HID, then I presume that your PIC will be out of memory very soon, if you want to support all HID features.

Your USB port then simply replaces the USB/PS2 mechanical adaptor, according to your description.

Michael

[skurk]

alexh wrote:
Are you REALLY going to support USB HID or are you just going to put a USB connector on so you dont need a USB to PS/2 adapter?

It's just to eliminate the need for a PS/2->USB adapter (as mentioned earlier)

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