Product Description: The USB to PS/2 Adapter is a single cable solution to share network resources providing USB host to host communication. It supports TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX/SPX protocols and constructs USB networks up to 17 PCs.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Dependable, but slow for some
I have used this product for years with my old and comfortable keyboards. Unfortunately, this adapter does not allow you to program the repetition-rate when you hold down a key, and I find the repetition rate rather slow (I prefer to use the fastest speed). People who use the keyboard extensively to navigate through documents using the cursor keys will find this quite annoying. Otherwise, it's a nice, dependable, durable cable.
Rating: - Fantastic Adapter
I got this adapter so that I could use my existing PS/2 Keyboards and Mice. I plugged it into a sick Dell Dimension E521 and my mouse and keyboard fired right up. The adapter worked perfect. I love it and plan on buying another one for my other office. One of the best features of this quality adapter is that it connects your keyboard and mouse to one USB plug. Absolutely perfect.
Rating: - Works great, handles scroll wheel, no key dropping
Not sure what these other folks are complaining about, I've never had a problem with it dropping modifier keys. But I don't game with it either - I avoid USB entirely for gaming, and directly connect PS/2 devices. The USB to PS/2 adapter is for my laptop which only has USB connections for external keyboards and mice.
Also, this is the first PS/2 to USB adapter I've found that supports the scroll wheel on the mouse, which is a HUGE plus. Others adapters (Belkin) don't. Highly recommend.
Rating: - Drops keys
This keyboard adapter has trouble with multiple keypresses - if you need to use ctrl-x followed by ctrl-f , it can lose the fact that you still have "ctrl" held down. It thus works horribly for video games or complicated text editing, and so I can not recommmend it. A keyboard adapter should not lose track of keys.
Rating: - Works well on XP Pro SP2
For XP to recognize the adapter properly the first time, it seems I had to plug in both keyboard and mouse into the adapter before plugging the adapter into the USB port. After that "initialization" step, it was recognized each following time even though no PS/2 device was plugged in. This was a minor complaint for me, and may be inconvenient for others who only have one input device available.
I did not have any issues with XP thinking I released shift, alt, or ctrl while I was still holding down those keys (even for 10 seconds or more). Character repeat seemed to work ok too, though I didn't test this very much.
My mouse was a USB Logitech optical with an adapter to PS/2. My keyboard had a 5-pin DIN adapted to PS/2. There were no problems even with each device having its own adapter to PS/2.
- Dependable, but slow for some
- Fantastic Adapter
- Drops keys
- Works well on XP Pro SP2
