[LAU] pc-keyboard with midi game port

Gabriel M. Beddingfield gabrbedd at gmail.com
Fri Aug 20 19:01:20 UTC 2010



On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Renato wrote:

> Hello, today I found in the dumpster this pc-keyboard which is neither
> ps/2 or usb, but has these two connectors which to me seem midi game
> and plain midi.
>
> http://imgur.com/1H72s.jpg

It's not using MIDI... it's just using the same standard DIN 
connector that MIDI chose.

It is in fact a PS/2.  IIRC, if you lop off that DIN 
connector and solder on a newer PS/2 connector... they are 
electrically equivalent.

No comment on the D-sub connector, though.  :-)

-gabriel


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