Page 1 of 1

keyboard mod help

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:27 am
by Thermite Paste
i have an old apple newton keyboard, which is pretty nice looking:

Image

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:

Image

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:20 am
by FlyingPenguin
I doubt it's electronically compatible.

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:44 am
by DocSilly
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.

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:44 am
by DaMaN