what is a 5-pin connector that looks like a ps/2 but it aint

[chimborazo]

it's bespoken on a hhkb. i dont have a picture now, but i will upload it when i get a chance.
could i modify it? is there an adapter for it?
anyway. i see the duck and ripster getting along. haha. like two love birds in a wooden cage.

[kbdfr]

http://deskthority.net/wiki/AT_keyboard_interface ?

[chimborazo]

kbdfr thanks . i forgot about it.

it's like this one here http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F2N017-Key ... B00000J1UB right?

[chimborazo]

will it work though? problems with dip switches settings?

[Kurk]

will it work though? problems with dip switches settings?

This is a simple AT-to-PS/2 converter. It's passive. Each pin from one end is simply connected to the corresponding pin at the other end.

[chimborazo]

will it work though? problems with dip switches settings?

This is a simple AT-to-PS/2 converter. It's passive. Each pin from one end is simply connected to the corresponding pin at the other end.

thank you kurrk, i'll give it a try; and i'll let you know

[tlt]

Could it be a hhkb with a Sun connector?

[JBert]

Pictures please!
We could all be wrong here!

[RC-1140]

with all these speculations it might even be an ADB connector. Though these look more like an S-VHS connector.

[IvanIvanovich]

Sun connector has 8 pins. ADB has 4 pins and a block and the first gen pre-topre hhkb were available in adb. As far as I know there was never AT connection made on hhkb, so unless it was a previous owners mod from PS/2 to AT it is unlikely.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

with all these speculations it might even be an ADB connector. Though these look more like an S-VHS connector.

S-Video/ADB only has four pins. XT and AT have five. PS/2 has four or six depending on whether the two unused pins are present (they normally are, but someone found a keyboard where the redundant pins were left out).

[chimborazo]

it's definitely five pin. not four. customized. got the casing shell off of it. whether it will fit, remains to be seen.

i don't have a digital ps. just a phone. sorry

[chimborazo]

haha. that's so messed up. it looks like three pin there.

[rodtang]

HHKB? What you have there is a Unicomp Model M...

[chimborazo]

HHKB? What you have there is a Unicomp Model M...

rodtag mind the background. besides, since when unicomp customize (electrical components) its wildcats version?

let me try another picture guys. my apologies.

[chimborazo]

still not good.

[bhtooefr]

That almost looks like 270 degree DIN-5. What an odd connector to find.

Is the connector physically larger than a PS/2 connector?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/xt-a ... 0-120.html

See the second socket on the left — having seen that, and it does look more like it. No idea what it does, but there's a converter for it :-P

[RC-1140]

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/xt-a ... 0-120.html

See the second socket on the left — having seen that, and it does look more like it. No idea what it does, but there's a converter for it

That's a 270 degree DIN 5-Pin. They can be found e.g. on 122-Key Terminal Model Fs. After looking more closely on the picture it really seems to be one of these. The 270° plugs I've encountered were really heavy duty, full-metal, with a screwring on. Looking on the second picture, that looks like full-metal with a screw ring.

[Soarer]

The last pic shows it to be less than the width of the top of a keycap, which means it's probably mini-DIN sized.

Sun connector has 8 pins.

True, but only 4 are needed for the keyboard, and they're all round the edge... maybe both +5V pins are present...



My google-fu does not extent to a pic of an actual HHKB for Sun connector

[HaaTa]

My eyes are garbage, but it doesn't look like this does it? (Not really a Sun connector)

[Daniel Beardsmore]

still not good.

Could you shine a flashlight into it when taking the photo, or hold it up facing a window?

And keep back from it – cameras can't focus up close (less than 30 cm/12 in or thereabouts) unless they have a macro mode.

[chimborazo]

daniel. the picture doesn't work. the pins sit at the bottom and with this phone theres nothing i can do...

one way to describe it- think ps/2 just slightly smaller.

is there a list with clear pictures (haha the pot calling the kettle black) so i can see all adapters that have been made so far.

[chimborazo]

heck. looking at it one more time, one of the six holes is empty. and probably one of the pins could have broken off

[Soarer]

So it could be PS/2? Does it have the rectangular plastic pin in the middle? I suppose the question then is, which of the 6 pins is missing?

[chimborazo]

soarer. im far sighted. but i just looked at it. and i guarantee you that there's none. unbelievable.

[chimborazo]

the usual four wires black red green white and a grey, and no plastic