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Help me find a USB adaptor for a PS/2 type plug. Searching online just gets me Playstations! (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm losing my mind. This old graphics tablet connects to the PS/2 port on an old PC for power. There's a separate serial cable for the actual data connection. I want to supply it power without needing to connect it to a PS/2 port, so an adapter for USB would be ideal.

I know others have achieved this but I can't find the details. Can anyone help? The search results are full of Playstations because it misinterprets the "PS/2" part.

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[–] clay_pidgin 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The other end looks like the PS/2 DIN connector.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

8 pin serial can come in a round format like that. It looks slightly too large to be PS/2, and the other end being serial implies that this is a serial cable