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On Monday 19 December 2005 16:31, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: |
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> I have an old (AMD K5) 300Mhz PC which I want to install Linux on (and |
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> use headless for music streaming) but it requires an AT keyboard (which |
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> I dont have). The Issue is that the BIOS refuses to go past post, asking |
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> me to plug in a keyboard. |
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> My question is this: Is there any way to make the PC think an AT |
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> keyboard is connected (e.g. by shorting two pins). I googled around for |
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> ages with no avail, hence why im doing this (Rather off-topic) post to |
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> this list. |
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If you can't get a PS2<->AT keybord adapter, you can made one yourself from |
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DIN+mini connectors and piece of cable. Your situation is typical case I |
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usually comment system administrator shoud have soldering skill... |
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Connector:PS2 |
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1 data |
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2 reserved |
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3 GND |
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4 +5V |
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5 clock |
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6 reserved |
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AT keyboard connector |
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Connector: 5 pin DIN |
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1 clock |
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2 data |
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3 NC |
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4 GND |
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5 +5V |
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Quickest way is to get a cheapest PS/2 keyboard you can and put a DIN-5 |
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connector on it instead of PS/2 one. |
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referrence: http://teryx.bobdbob.com/~protius/pinouts/ |
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check it triple on some other sites, just to be sure |
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Petr |
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