Submitted 1 month ago by SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
I was going through the attic and I found the Model M keyboard I bought a couple of years ago. The cable, though, has seen better days. Where can I buy a replacement cable?
If you actually just need a replacement PS/2 cable, it looks like eBay has them for sale.
Monoprice sells PS/2 to USB dongles.
3/5 of your post didn’t even exist before 99/100 of your audience.
And, as someone who had to deal with this fucking bullshit all throughout the 90s, I learned better than to dive back into it contemporaneously.
Leave your Rosie memories in the past. Trying to reconstruct them now will only cause you nightmares.
But, at least I will enjoy your horrifyingly avoidable nightmares.
… wat? What’s with your hate for a keyboard?
Outside of missing the windows key there’s nothing wrong with the model M. PS/2 interface is fine too. Most boards support hotplugging it and it basically work or it doesn’t unlike USB which can get weird.
I don’t hate keyboards. I hate the PS2 connector.
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down vote this post but he is speaking truth. unless you’re going to solder and deal with the cosmetics of diy, just get a modern mechanical keyboard
I bought this keyboard as more of a historical keepsake rather than for a daily driver. Still, I would to like to have it in good shape and learn to tinker with old electronics.
No modern mechanical keyboard can come even close to spring buckled keyboards.
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Kill yourself
So unlike apparently everyone else on these threads, I actually have a Model M. Okay, technically I have three Model Ms, but still…
What kind of PS/2 cable is it? permanent or modular?
Is it still working, even if it looks rough?
Are you comfortable soldering?
If not, are you at least comfortable following a simple wiring diagram?
You’re looking for what’s called a “pigtail”. Ps/2 seems to be another name for 6-pin “mini-din”, which is a standardized connector format.
Here’s an example.
You could always go anachronistic and make it Bluetooth.
Buy any recent(ish) keyboard with a PS2 connector, remove it, and soldier it onto the Model M.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 month ago
I’d just get an extension cable & get to soldering. Alternatively, install a converter so you can attach a USB cable.