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slapaham:


I got this bomb of a PC free and I want to MAME it as it's no good for anything else! :lol

However, the bloody thing won't boot up, complaining there is no keyboard present... well, it won't accept a USB one on booting up and I can get into the BIOS without having a keyboard connected so that's crap! :banghead:

I look on the back and these are the only connections it has - no freakin PS/2 connection, of course! ::)

I'm taking it that the deepset socket in the top left hand corner of the photo is where I want to connect both the Keyboard and the Mouse - however, what on earth cable do I need to achieve this!? I've never seen a thing like it! This machine is the pits! :badmood:

Can anyone suggest anyway around this problem or a place I can get this stupid cable from?

Thanks (in advance) to anyone who can help! :cheers:

Haterot:
Thats an OLD keyboard connector. Think original IBM days. 5pin connector.
Some info
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/AT+keyboard+connector

Malenko:
that round one is the keyboard hole. you need a big keyboard to PS2 adapter

RyoriNoTetsujin:
Dude, really?  That's for an old AT keyboard... haven't seen that in a long while.  Good luck with that.


--- Quote from: slapaham on August 04, 2009, 09:50:07 am ---I got this bomb of a PC free and I want to MAME it as it's no good for anything else! :lol
--- End quote ---

It probably won't even be good for that, unless you're running the much older versions of MAME (.36?)  You're better off putting a request out on Freecycle if you want a free computer to MAME.

... ninja'd no doubt.

dirkomatic:
Wow that's an old machine...  Or at least an old case.

For that machine, you'll either have to use a USB mouse or most likely a serial mouse.

You'll need an adapter (http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10414&cs_id=1041401&p_id=1127&seq=1&format=2) to hook up a keyboard...

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