Re: PCI-E to PS2

jdow <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:18:35 -0800



    On 20240213 17:35:05, ToddAndMargo via
      users wrote:

    
    On
      2/13/24 17:22, Felix Miata wrote:
      

      ToddAndMargo via users composed on
        2024-02-13 17:07 (UTC-0800):
        

        Fedora 39
          

        I am trying to find a PCI-E 1x to 2xPS2
          adapter
          

          that actually works.
          

        The only one I could find was
          

               https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VB9TD6D
          

          and it was dead on arrival: no power to the
          

          keyboard.
          

        You guys know of one that is Fedora
          friendly
          

          that actually works?
          

        I too would much rather have a working PCIe card, though I have
        found USB-to-PS/2
        

        dongles generally more reliable. I haven't bought one in over a
        decade, so can't
        

        recommend against any in particular that don't work. This card
        is functionally
        

        worthless too:
        

<https://www.walmart.com/ip/PCI-E-Dual-Port-PS2-Expansion-Adapter-Card-External-PS2-Device-for-PC/1007125601>
        

        It only works a keyboard after an OS driver loads, so can't be
        used to get into
        

        BIOS, BBS menu or Grub menu.
        

      It need to work in  bios too.  My USB dongle will flash
      

      my keyboard very couple of minutes and trash what I am
      

      writing.
      

      -T
      

    You get the same problems on any OS. Loren and I bought several
      different models over the years. For some models two dongles will
      behave differently from each other, usually with different bugs.
      All I can recommend is "keep trying". Um, I suppose crafting your
      own out of a small SOC might be the best way. Then when you see a
      bug you can fix it in your code. It took Loren about5 or 6 tries
      to find one that worked. Ageing memory suggests the one that
      worked best was not a cheap one.

    
    Good luck with it.
    {^_^}   Joanne

    
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