Inverse Binary Rock-Suck Entanglement (the "no good Perl jobs"/"text editors" myth)

[Peter Corlett]

On 9 Aug 2006, at 13:05, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[...]
> I'm currently trying to find a supplier for the one model of PS/2  
> female
> to USB male adaptor that is known to work with Model Ms, who will ship
> to Portugal. Apparently there is *one* which is guaranteed to work
> because it's a proper active protocol converter, as opposed to the 30p
> green thingies you get with USB keyboards to convert them to PS/2,  
> which
> require auto-sensing hardware in the keyboard.

Look out for the devices that do keyboard *and* mouse in one, as  
they're proper protocol converters as opposed to a magic thing, such  
as these:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=79515

At that price, I bought a pile of spares, so I could pop one in the  
post if you like.