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Dartful Dodger:

I bought a Hagstrom KE72 years ago and it's a PS/2.

I'm going to buy a new(er) computer to put in a cabinet and the computers I'm looking at don't support PS/2. So I have a few questions:

How well do the PS/2 to USB converters work with keyboard encoders in MAME?
What issues if any will there be?
If you like your adapter, which one are you using?

Thanks,

DD

jasonbar:

I'm using a USB->PS/2 adapter for my setup kbd in my cab, going through the IPAC-4.

Just some generic cheap one that came w/ a mouse or keyboard or something--works fine.

-Jason

PS--I have a feeling that I'm missing the point of this question... :dizzy:

Dartful Dodger:


--- Quote from: jasonbar on December 02, 2009, 09:22:26 pm ---PS--I have a feeling that I'm missing the point of this question... :dizzy:

--- End quote ---

No that's the point.  I'm worried there might be a delay, dropped/wrong keypresses or some other kind of issue if I was running it through an adaptor.

I haven't bought the computer yet, so if it would be a problem I'd narrow my options to a computer with a PS/2 input.

bkenobi:

Or you could look at a new encoder.  I'd compare the cost of getting a legacy MB/CPU/etc with a current model + USB encoder.

Hoopz:

Andy has specifically said to not use an adapter with his I-Pacs.  FYI

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