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PS2 to USB or USB to PS2

i have a fren, who has a lot of PS2 mouse..

he wanted to make them into USB ones, but at the same time, he wanted so save on cost, so he some how found a way to cut off the PS2 connector and connected the existing cable to a USB connector, without using any converter

what he told me was: just find the pin functions for the PS2 connector and reconnect them to the USB connector

so i tried to search through the net, but i couldnt find any information. So do anyone here know how to do that?

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You can't make PS2 mice into serial ones, they are completely different. The 'adaptors' you get only work with specific dual purpose (PS2/USB) mice, and a connection in the lead tells the mouse which format to use. A normal PS2 mouse isn't dual purpose, so can't work via USB.
 
A year ago I bought a PS2 to USB converter to use with my PS2 keyboard. Windows then complained about "Unrecognised USB device" when the device was plugged in. I opened up the converter and was sad to see that there was totally no 'conversion' circuit. The wires were directy connected from the USB side to the PS2 side - that's how it doesn't work.

So if you want a USB mouse buy one, if you want a serial mouse buy one. Don't bother with these converters.
 
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