FOR SALE IS ONE (1) NEW PS/2 to USB KEYBOARD ACTIVE ADAPTER CONVERTER FOR PS2 KEYBOARDS OR MOUSE and 24" M/F USB EXTENSION CABLE. THE FAMOUS BLUE CUBE PS2 to USB ADAPTER CONVERTER, OFTEN LABELED OR NAMED SANOXY BRAND MADE BY ZIOTEK IS NOW EXTINCT. THE BLUE CUBE PRODUCT OF THE PAST, WITH INTERNAL (proven) TECHNOLOGY MADE PS2 LEGACY KEYBOARDS, LIKE MANY IBM CLICKY KEYBOARDS COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT DAY HARDWARE WITHOUT PS2 INPUTS. THE BLUE CUBE WAS MAGIC FOR OLD KEYBOARD LOVERS, BECAUSE IT WORKED ALMOST ALL THE TIME, ACTIVELY CONVERTING THE OLD PS2 KEYBOARD SIGNAL TO AN EASILY RECOGNIZED USB KEYBOARD SIGNAL FOR YOUR CURRENT DAY COMPUTER TO PROCESS, FURTHER, DRAMATICALLY REDUCING (not eliminating) THE POWER (current) REQUIREMENT PLACED UPON THE USB BY THE VINTAGE KEYBOARD.

THIS ACTIVE ADAPTER COVERTER CABLE FEATURED HERE IS AN EFFECTIVE AND VERY OFTEN SUCCESSFUL OPTION, DELIVERING THE EXACT SAME RESULTS AS THE BLUE CUBE DEVICE, MAKING YOUR OLD SCHOOL LEGACY KEYBOARD AND / OR MOUSE WORK WITH YOUR NEW SCHOOL COMPUTER OR LAPTOP. THIS ADAPTER CONVERTER 6" CABLE IS THE PREMIUM MODEL, FEATURING THE SILVER BRADED CABLE AND QUALITY INTERNAL ELECTRONICS (see pictures), AS RECOMMENDED BY VINTAGE IBM CLICKY KEYBOARD ENTHUSIASTS. NOTE, THIS ADAPTER CONVERTER DOES NOT WORK WITH VINTAGE IBM XT MODEL KEYBOARDS.

THIS ACTIVE ADAPTER CONVERTER CABLE IS ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE OLDEST KEYBOARDS, WHICH REQUIRE FAR MORE POWER (current) THAN A TYPICAL USB MAY PROVIDE. THIS ACTIVE CONVERTER ADAPTER CABLE PROVIDES A RELIABLE AND DEPENDABLE SIGNAL CONVERSION, AVOIDING USB PORT PROBLEMS, REBOOTS, INSANITY, ETC. FOR USE WITH SPECIFIC KEYBOARDS AND DEVICES ONLY, MAINLY OLDER AND VINTAGE PS2 KEYBOARDS. THIS ADAPTER CONVERTER CABLE ALLOWS YOUR VINTAGE 1980s IBM MODEL M KEYBOARD (clicky keyboard) TO WORK WITH USB INPUT, COMMONLY FOUND ON OLDER COMPUTERS, ACTIVELY CONVERTING THE PS/2 SIGNAL TO A USB SIGNAL. YOUR KEYBOARD WILL COME TO LIFE, COMPLETE WITH LIGHTS AND FULL FUNCTIONALITY. DEPENDING ON YOUR CURRENT LOAD TO THE USB, YOU MAY STILL NEED TO PURCHASE AN AC (external) POWERED USB HUB TO HELP ALONG WITH THE ADDED CURRENT REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR VINTAGE KEYBOARD (the tripp lite 10 port ac powered hub mpn u222-010-r works great for me). VINTAGE IBM MODEL M KEYBOARD WILL BE MARKED ON THE BOTTOM..... MODEL M AND ALSO FEATURE A MODEL NUMBER SUCH AS 1391401, THE MOST POPULAR MODEL. IBM MODEL M KEYBOARDS ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS CLICKY, DUE TO THE CLICKING SOUND THEY MAKE. OLDER KEYBOARDS WILL TYPICALLY USE A PS/2 CONNECTOR (round connector with 4 or 6 pins). IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT YOUR OLDER KEYBOARD TO A NEW(er) PC, YOU WILL NEED TO PHYSICALLY CHANGE THE PS/2 PLUG TO A USB PLUG (rectangular, flat connector). MOST OF THE COMMONLY AVAILABLE PS2 TO USB ADAPTERS AND CONVERTERS ON THE NET ARE THE $1.00 VARIETY, KNOWN AS PASSIVE ADAPTERS. THEY SIMPLY CHANGE THE PLUG SHAPE TO MATCH THE OUTLET. THEY ARE ADAPTERS, NOT CONVERTERS. THEY FUNCTION TO CONNECT THE PS/2 WIRES TO THE APPROXIMATE USB WIRES AND DO NOT USE SPECIFIC SOFTWARE DRIVERS. MOST USERS HAVE TROUBLE CONNECTING THEIR (older) KEYBOARD TO A NEWER COMPUTER REQURE A PS/2 TO USB SIGNAL CONVERTER, LIKE THIS DEVICE. THIS DEVICE USES AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (pre programmed chip) TO ACTIVELY TRANSLATE THE PS/2 KEYBOARD SIGNAL AND CONVERT IT INTO A USB KEYBOARD SIGNAL. THIS ALLOWS THE VINTAGE PS/2 KEYBOARD TO BE AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE OPERATING SYSTEM AS IF IT WERE A STANDARD, MODERN USB KEYBOARD. A WELL DESIGNED ACTIVE PS/2 TO USB CONVERTER WILL USE THE BUILT IN OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVERS FOR A USB KEYBOARD (for example in microsoft windows xp, kbdclass.sys and kbdhid.sys). YOUR VINTAGE IBM MODEL M KEYBOARD WILL REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 100 TIMES THE CURRENT COMPARED TO MODERN KEYBOARDS (112 mA vs 1.2 mA). THIS REQUIRES THE ADDITION OF RESISTORS WITHIN THE VINTAGE KEYBOARD TO CHANGE THE VOLTAGE, OR, USE OF THIS ACTIVE PS/2 to USB PLUG IN ADAPTER CONVERTER WITH BUILT IN ELECTRONICS.

 THIS CONVERTER ADAPTER CABLE WILL TRANSLATE THE BASIC SET OF 101-104 KEYBOARD SIGNALS WHICH ARE FOUND ON MOST ALL THE IBM MODEL M KEYBOARDS. IT WILL TRANSLATE THE SIGNAL FROM PS/2 TO THEIR USB EQUIVALENTS. THIS DEVICE THEN USES THE GENERIC, BUILT IN USB KEYBOARD DRIVER WHICH ALLOWS THE OPERATING SYSTEM TO THINK THAT A USB KEYBOARD IS ATTACHED. THIS DEVICE WILL NOT WORK WITH THE VINTAGE IBM XT (83 key keyboards) SINCE THE IBM XT USED DIFFERENT KEY CODES THAN THOSE USED IN LATER KEYBOARDS INCLUDING THE IBM PC/AT (84 key) AND THE IBM ENHANCED KEYBOARD (101 key). TO USE THE IBM XT KEYBOARD (especially challenging) ON A MODERN PERSONAL COMPUTER, YOU WILL REQUIRE A CUSTOM KEY KEYBOARD ENCODER, LIKE MODEL KE-XTUSB MADE BY HAGSTROM ELECTRONICS, HERE YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE (1) PS/2 to USB ADAPTER CONVERTER CABLE, PLUS 24" M/F USB EXTENSION CABLE SHIPPED BY USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL.....

 This device does not translate and process the codes for the extra non-standard keys on multimedia keyboards.  This device will work on basic set of 101-keys on an American English keyboard, but will also work with 102-keyboards (e.g,. various European layouts), as well as 104/105-keys (101/104 keys + windows keys).  The computer will use the standard USB driver for a USB keyboard.

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