First post, by wkjagt
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In an attempt to declutter my small desk that currently has two computers on it, I am looking for a keyboard that I can use for both computers. One computer uses the 5 pin DIN connector style keyboard connection, and the other is USB only. I am currently using a cheap Perrix PS/2 keyboard on the older computer, and an Anne Pro mechanical keyboard as USB keyboard. What I'm thinking of doing is having just one keyboard that supports USB and PS/2. My mechanical keyboard only does USB (and bluetooth, but that's even less useful), so one of those passive USB->PS/2 adapters doesn't work (I tried). The Perrix keyboard technically also supports USB, so theoretically works on both computers, but I hate typing on it. Something about the layout of the keys seems to make it impossible for me to build up muscle memory for it.
What I envision is a keyboard that does both, and possibly modify it to have a connector on the back that I can plug one of two cables in to (instead of a fixed cable), depending on which computer I am using. It doesn't have to be mechanical by the way. Something super simple like an old Dell L100 for example could also work (except that the L100 doesn't seem to support PS/2, at least from what I found on the internet). Ideal scenario though: a compact mechanical keyboard, with MX brown switches, supporting USB and PS/2, oh and easy to find 😀 But that might be asking the impossible.
So my hope is that someone on here can confirm a certain keyboard that supports both protocols, because I found this really hard to Google.
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