deskthority

I want to use this keyboard with my modern pc and it has some weird connector ive never seen...need to know how to get it converted to ps2 so I can use a ps2 to usb converter and use it with my pc

Don't know the plug, but that's an old Fujitsu, and old Fujitsus are quite difficult to convert. Lovely board btw!

is it worth a lot of $$? ive heard the old fujitus are going for like 450 on some sites

vespertine wrote: ↑

22 Oct 2019, 12:59

is it worth a lot of $$? ive heard the old fujitus are going for like 450 on some sites

no. You can buy them on Yahoo auction for no more than around $50

I think this is a proprietary (?) connector as made by Fujitsu for their "FM Towns" line of personal computers.

https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.co ... s-ii-se20/

You can see it on the front of the computer here.

https://ancientelectronics.files.wordpr ... ?w=1200&h=

I have a very similar board, a Fujitsu N860-2500-T111. Similar type connector. I couldn't find any existing protocol converter then (and am not aware of any currently) and so ended up doing a controller replacement using the Teensy2.0++. I posted more details including the keyboard matrix and the IC pins for each row/column here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17087

I suspect you will need to go this route too in order to get the board working on a modern PC, unless someone else is aware of someone coming up with a protocol converter. Also, you will need to double check things on your board since it may not be identical to mine.