[Duo2400] Re: ADB to USB?

[Ivan Drucker]

I know everyone else has said this six times but yes it's a USB->PS/2 
connector (for which probably only a keyboard or mouse is usable). I had 
the EXACT same unit (color the same, even) included with my USB Microsoft 
Intellimouse. And, as others said, PS/2 is a mini-DIN connector like ADB 
(and Mac serial), but it has six pins instead of four (or eight/nine) and 
the plastic insert is in a different location.

Also, as a bit of trivia, an S-Video cable and an ADB cable are pretty 
much the same thing, and are pretty much interchangeable. (I'm sure some 
videophiles are bound to challenge this statement, but for general 
purposes I have found it to be true.)

Ivan.
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>Ivan,
>you wouldnŒt find the auction because it is on German ebay. This is the
>link: 
>http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2739517818&category=171&rd
>=1
>To me the picture shows indeed an adapter with one ADB and two USB
>connectors.
>Edgar
>
>
>> Edgar, could you provide a link to the auction? I tried to search for
>> "ADB USB" but didn't find any devices claiming to be made by Microsoft. I
>> did find one auction that didn't specify brand, and which stated that the
>> device does what you say, but the picture of the device plainly shows
>> otherwise: There's a male USB plug, and two female ADB plugs. It's for
>> connecting an ADB device to a USB Mac.
>> 
>> Ivan.
>> 
>> ----------------
>> 
>>> I found an USB ­> ADB Adapter on ebay this night, supposedly enabling USB
>>> devices to work with older Macs and allegedly manufactured by - Microsoft!
>>> That's how the auction text ran. Is this conceivable?
>>> 
>>> Edgar
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> Have used with Cube & AGP G4 - might seem like stupid question, but
>>>>> do you install the latest driver? Must download from web - mentioned
>>>>> in small print on card - not plug & play.
>>>> 
>>>> Driver ?  Driver ?
>>>> 
>>>> [Mad Dog smacks himself in the head]
>>>> 
>>>> I just borrowed the adapter from a friend.  I didnt know about the driver.
>>>> 
>>>> I guess I ought to try again.
>>>> 
>>>> Mad Dog
>>>> 
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