Re: [Thinkpad] AT/XT Keyboard on a T23

You need a splitter cable, you can never plug a keyboard directly into the
back of a ThinkPad, as you now know
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvestre Meininger" <sylme@free.fr>
To: "Thinkpad Forum" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:32 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] AT/XT Keyboard on a T23

> Hi all.
>
> I'd like to use à 1989 IBM made kbd on my T23, but it doesn't seem to
wotk.
> I've bought the Din-MiniDin (or AT-PS/2) connector to plug the kbd into
the
> Thinkpad's PS/2 port.
>
> On boot, the Kbd's 3 lights just start blinking and the machine can't get
> past the "IBM" screen.
> Booting resumes once I unplug the kbd.
> If I plug the kbd once W2K has booted, nothing happens (no lights, no
> nothing)
>
> The person I bought the kbd from tested it on a desktop machine, it works
> fine.
>
> I'd appreciate any help or advice.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Sylvestre Meininger
>
>
>
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