[Coco] A little OT, but...

Bruce W. Calkins brucewcalkins at charter.net
Thu Sep 1 10:27:30 EDT 2011


I stand corrected, I have a PS-2 to AT adapter.
It is probably useless for your application.
Good luck in your Quest.

Bruce W.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Devries"

> Hello, Bruce,
>
> Actually, there is a major difference in PROTOCOL between the XT and AT 
> keyboards. The XT keyboard is a send-only device, and uses 1 start, 8 data 
> 1 stop bits. The AT is a two-way communication device and uses 1 start, 8 
> data, 1 parity, 1 stop bits. Also, the codes produced are quite different.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce W. Calkins"
>>
>> I have an AT female to XT male adapter inline for the only XT equipted 
>> computer in my collection.  AFAIK the only electrical difference is the 
>> plug.
>>
>> Bruce W. 




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