[NBLUG/talk] FC4 ppc iBook - External USB keyboard (sort of)

[Lincoln Peters]

Dave Sisley wrote:
> First problem is that an iBook has no ps2 plugs, so I have tried a 
> ps2->usb adapter and I've also got a cable from the scanner manufacturer 
> that replaces the ps2 cable with a usb cable.  But I can't get the iBook 
> to read any input.
> I've googled a bit, but haven't found anything yet.  I'm guessing this 
> is a mac thing, related to the fact that you can't plug in an 'intel' 
> usb keyboard to a Mac and expect it to work, but it will read from a Mac 
> usb keyboard.  It may be I'm not using the right terms.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

I used to have an iBook G3 running MacOS X, and I used it fairly 
regularly when I shopped at the Computer Recycling Center to test USB 
keyboards.  It worked perfectly too many times for me to suspect that a 
non-Macintosh USB keyboard would not work with a Macintosh.

Then again, I never tried using a USB-to-PS/2 adapter on it, so that 
might have something to do with the problem.


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