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Thermite Paste
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i have an old apple newton keyboard, which is pretty nice looking:

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i am looking to convert it to either ps/2 or usb to use as a space saving keyboard for my second pc. is there any way this is possible? heres what the connector looks like:

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I doubt it's electronically compatible.
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You can't just slap on a PS/2 connector and think it'll work ... who knows what unknown protocol the old apple newton used but I'm sure it's not PS/2 ... your only luck would be a converter though I highly doubt there is one.
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