This is a reference PCB design for the "tashtrio" project my lampmerchant / @Tashtari . PCB is licensed Creative Commons Non-Commercial, and Tashtrio is licensed GPL V3.
Tashtrio allows you to use PS/2 keyboards and mice with your Macs. PS/2 peripherals may or may not be more available or more affordable in your area, so this is a helpful adapter to make working with vintage Macs easier.
One possible use case is those old PS/2 KVMs that are common and cheap - one PS/2 keyboard and mouse across all your vintage Macs? Sounds convenient to me.
It's a descendant of a v0.2 test PCB, which worked fine on my beige G3 with an old PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 optical mouse I had laying around. Note that "right click" on PS/2 mice doesn't isn't a "right click" on the ADB machine.
After the V1 PCB has been produced and tested, I'll remove the 'untested' notice. It's been tested now.
If there's interest, I could stock these on my site or offer pre-programmed PIC12F1840 chips.
Edit on 21 Oct 2022: Reference PCB has been tested in my beige G3, working fine.
Tashtrio allows you to use PS/2 keyboards and mice with your Macs. PS/2 peripherals may or may not be more available or more affordable in your area, so this is a helpful adapter to make working with vintage Macs easier.
One possible use case is those old PS/2 KVMs that are common and cheap - one PS/2 keyboard and mouse across all your vintage Macs? Sounds convenient to me.
This reference design is currently untested. This reference design has been tested and works.
It's a descendant of a v0.2 test PCB, which worked fine on my beige G3 with an old PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 optical mouse I had laying around. Note that "right click" on PS/2 mice doesn't isn't a "right click" on the ADB machine.If there's interest, I could stock these on my site or offer pre-programmed PIC12F1840 chips.
Edit on 21 Oct 2022: Reference PCB has been tested in my beige G3, working fine.
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Thank you for all you do for the vintage Apple community, 