Re: real keyboard?

On 11/23/21 10:43 AM, Paul wrote:
> On 11/23/2021 7:54 AM, bad sector wrote:
>> On 10/16/21 5:37 PM, bad sector wrote:
>>> 
>>> looking for keyboard with
>>> wired ps2 + working-usb-adapter
>>> mechanical
>>> white or very light gray or beige large engraved black letter 
>>> caps large L shaped enter key
>>> 
>>> something like 
>>> https://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/mechanical-keyboard-guide/index_files/picture_024.jpeg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 
but
>>> with no numpad
>> 
>> Done some time with the DURGOD gaming keyboard plugged into usb-2 
>> and still no problems, looks like this WAS the issue. Still, I plan
>> to glue this one to my g73 laptop (a hopeless design-crime
>> 
>> now with its 3rd and last keyboard) and get me a real ps2 for the 
>> desktop.
>> 
>> 
>> Can't get any email out to durgod, anybody know if they make one
>> with a ps2 interfcae, not a usb that's convertible to ps2 but a 
>> real ps2 (that might be convertibleto usb)? I'm also
>> 
>> open to other makes (mechanical, gaming, ps2, white, durable 
>> letters on keycaps)
>> 
> 
> Intel is the party that declared computer things as "obsolete".
> 
> PCI bus for example, is obsolete, and my newest motherboard does
> not have one. The previous machine had one thrown in (a separate chip
> used to do it, a bridge chip).
> 
> The PS/2 is dead as far as I know, but motherboard companies have 
> been putting a DIN connector with dual mouse/keyboard wiring. The 
> SuperIO chips, still contain things Intel was not expecting. If a
> company wants to have hardware monitoring, that is what drags in
> support for other legacy interfaces.
> 
> Generally speaking, there is no reason for keyboard controller
> chips to be supporting legacy interfaces. The result of this, is with
> time, all you'll find are USB2.

sometimes user preference should drive the market too,
or you end up with things llike this

https://www.amazon.ca/Anti-Stress-Computer-Keyboard-Desktop-Reliever/dp/B09LXH5Y5D/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=giant+enter+button&qid=1637773731&sr=8-2

even if ps2 is dead my other requirement don't change


mechanical
no lights unless I turn them on on the keyboard
no numpad
large L-shaped enter key
ligt colors
large characters
multi-layer engraved nail resistant keycap lettering




> As for the Durgod brand, they're Chinese, and the prices for
> some of their products are sky high. You could build your
> own keyboard. I've done that, once. It was an interesting exercise
> getting the key framework, to seat on the PCB. Took hours to get the 
> pins to go into the holes. This is back in the day, where I used to 
> draw the conductor pattern on the PCB blank, with India Ink.
> 
> Paul