where would I find an older keyboard plug in adapter?

Question

I need the way to plug a modern keyboard into an older pc that uses the larger plug on the back of the computer.

what I have is a usb keyboard and several regular style keyboards but need to hook to an older than dirt windows 95 pc to try and extrack old data and the keyboard plug in on the back of the pc is bigger than what I usually see.

any idea what that type of plug would even be called?

Answer 1

What you want is a PC/AT plug. Radio Shack should have a converter from PS/2 to PC/AT or a USB to PC/AT.

Answer 2

Depends on just how old the keyboard is. If you're talking PS/2 to USB, those shouldn't be too hard to find in local stores. If you're talking about using a really old AT (aka DIN 5) keyboard, then you'd need a DIN5 to PS/2 adapter. (Assuming you have a PS/2 port. If you don't then you'd also need a PS/2 to USB adapter.)

If you don't know which port the keyboard needs, here are some websites that should help you figure it out:

AT aka DIN5:
http://pinouts.ru/Inputs/KeyboardPC5_pinout.shtml

PS/2 aka MiniDIN 6:
http://pinouts.ru/Inputs/KeyboardPC6_pinout.shtml

AT aka DIN 5 to PS/2 aka MiniDIN 6 adapter:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812106011

PS/2 to USB adapter:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812101117

(A bit of trivia: The old IBM Personal System/2 computer, aka PS/2, is where the PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports originated. These days PS/2 ports are largely being replaced by USB.)

Answer 3

Radio Shack They got everything

Answer 4

What do you have, a USB keyboard?

Answer 5

Thrift stores and/or surplus stores.

Answer 6

try ebay they have EVERYTHING.