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    PLEAAAAASEEEE SOMEONE NOTICE THIS FORUM!!! :^) Related to my question below, I remember getting a USB-to-PS/2 adapter one time I got a USB mouse. I'll look for it, but does anyone know if it could work with a USB keyboard? and connected to a barcode reader? Thanks, -- LuisR


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      PLEAAAAASEEEE SOMEONE NOTICE THIS FORUM!!! :^) Related to my question below, I remember getting a USB-to-PS/2 adapter one time I got a USB mouse. I'll look for it, but does anyone know if it could work with a USB keyboard? and connected to a barcode reader? Thanks, -- LuisR


      Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog!

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      AFAIK, these are specific to the mice they come with - they won't even work with older PS/2 mice. [Edit: you could probably try something like this though.]

      You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...

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        PLEAAAAASEEEE SOMEONE NOTICE THIS FORUM!!! :^) Related to my question below, I remember getting a USB-to-PS/2 adapter one time I got a USB mouse. I'll look for it, but does anyone know if it could work with a USB keyboard? and connected to a barcode reader? Thanks, -- LuisR


        Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog!

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        Mike Dimmick
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        These devices contain special wiring that tell the mouse hardware itself to emit PS/2 signals rather than USB. They don't work with anything other than the original hardware (OK, they probably also work with other mice by the same manufacturer). Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

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          AFAIK, these are specific to the mice they come with - they won't even work with older PS/2 mice. [Edit: you could probably try something like this though.]

          You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...

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          Shog9 wrote: these are specific to the mice they come with - they won't even work with older PS/2 mice I didn't find that adpater, so I couldn't confirm this. Shog9 wrote: you could probably try something like this though I did. I stopped on Office Depot on my way to the office looking for a USB to PS/2 adapter and I couldn't find any. I bought a PS/2 to USB adapter just in case, and.... it worked!!! :cool: I simply plugged the PS/2 barcode reader into that adapter by itself, and I left the USB keyboard as it was; and after a restart, everything worked fine. -- LuisR


          Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix - Chihuahua, Mexico Not much here: My CP Blog!

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