deskthority

Hello.
It's my first topic on any foreign forum.
I found in garbage container a nice looking Compaq MX-11800. I've cleaned the body and keycaps, but I have electronic problem. Someone cut both PS/2 cable and now I don't know how to identify cable with proper pin.
Can you tell me, how to map pinout or maybe you know anyone with this keyboard and tell me which cable is going to the specific pin?
I hope I wrote it in understandable way.

Below, photo of this model from net:

I've some of this.

white +DATA
black GND
green VCC
yellow +CLK

In my experience different ps/2 cables use different colors for the wires---for example when I rewired my F122 which came with a cut cable, my replacement ps/2 cable had a red and orange wire instead of white and yellow. What I did was I followed this chart because the pinout will always be the same in the plug. I did a continuity test with a multimeter to determine which wire went to which pin in the plug.

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 18:08 In my experience different ps/2 cables use different colors for the wires

Yes, but I put the conector picture with the cable attached to it and the signal name.

jkutianski wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:44

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 18:08 In my experience different ps/2 cables use different colors for the wires

Yes, but I put the conector picture with the cable attached to it and the signal name.

I wasn't trying to correct you, I was just trying to supplement the info you provided.

I figured that was the connector for the keyboard that you pictured but my thoughts were that he may have a differently colored replacement cable that he'd be trying to match it to.

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:46 I wasn't trying to correct you, I was just trying to supplement the info you provided.

You remind me a person who constantly told me "electrons do not perceive color as we do. What was the signal called?"

jkutianski wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:54

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:46 I wasn't trying to correct you, I was just trying to supplement the info you provided.

You remind me a person who constantly told me "electrons do not perceive color as we do. What was the signal called?"

I'm not sure what that means to be honest. Was he referring to photons? Was he referring to the transfer of energy between photons and electrons resulting the movement of electrons in their orbits? Quantas of energy being emitted by the electrons?

jkutianski wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:44

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 18:08 In my experience different ps/2 cables use different colors for the wires

Yes, but I put the conector picture with the cable attached to it and the signal name.

Connectors (PCB end) are not universal. Each board manufacturer may have the PCB connector pins assigned differently.

Or did you mean, that is the connector end for that exact keyboard?

kmnov2017 wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 23:55 Or did you mean, that is the connector end for that exact keyboard?

Yes

jkutianski wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 17:47 I've some of this.

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 23:44

jkutianski wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:54

Weezer wrote: 04 Jun 2020, 22:46 I wasn't trying to correct you, I was just trying to supplement the info you provided.

You remind me a person who constantly told me "electrons do not perceive color as we do. What was the signal called?"

I'm not sure what that means to be honest. Was he referring to photons? Was he referring to the transfer of energy between photons and electrons resulting the movement of electrons in their orbits? Quantas of energy being emitted by the electrons?

Sorry! I've a telegraphic speech disorder

Obviously I was very conservative on words. I have 3 cables of this specific keyboard. The picture is from one of my cables. And the color to signal table is for this specific cable. Hope this solve my bad explanation and lack of speechness.