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That's not going to work!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 4:19 pm
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Posted by DNA (551 messages posted)


Have a look here:

PS/2 connectors are for use only by keyboards and mice, and furthermore each of the two PS/2 connectors is color-coded to indicate whether it's for a keyboard (purple) or a mouse (green).

PS/2 (male)-to-USB (female) adapters are for use ONLY with a USB mouse that can function at the hardware level as a PS/2 mouse, or a USB keyboard that can function at the hardware level as a PS/2 keyboard.

The first version of Windows 95 does not support USB devices, at all. If the laptop has a later version of Windows 95 that DOES support USB devices, your best bet would be to get a USB PCMCIA card.

And then, your biggest problem:

Windows 95 would need a driver for the USB Flash Drive.

Virtually all USB Flash Drive drivers start at Windows 98SE. It requires diligence to find a even a Windows 98SE-compatible USB Flash Drive these days! As far as I know there are NO USB Flash Drives sold that have Windows 95 drivers.

I would say that if you had plugged the USB Flash Drive to the PS/2 adapter, then plugged that in to either of the laptop's PS/2 ports, that alone might kill the laptop's motherboard/BIOS, or just the port itself (if you were lucky!).

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Athlon 1.1 - 768 MB RAM = 98SE & XP Home

Athlon 3000+ 64 - 1024 MB RAM = 98SE (@768 MB RAM) & XP Pro

IBM ThinkPad PIII 900 - 384 MB RAM = 98SE & XP Pro SP2

Windows 2000 Server in the basement


Written in response to:
driver for ps2 to usb (H.M.Moed: Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 7:53 am)

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-driver for ps2 to usb (H.M.Moed: Sat, Feb 10, 2007, 7:53 am)
*re: driver for ps2 to usb (Benoit: Sat, Feb 10, 2007, 2:04 pm)
*That's not going to work! (DNA: Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 3:19 pm)
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