Re[2]: [Thinkpad] AT/XT Keyboard on a T23

bruce is correct as usual. the splitter cable is available at
microcenter for about $8 and allows you to plug -both- a mouse and a
keyboard into your tp. i'll help you get one in the usa if you can't
find one in .fr

Friday, May 16, 2003, 4:50:10 PM, you wrote:

> 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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