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gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes:

>What I'd like to see is some kind of converter, such that you could plug in  
>an ADB keyboard on one side and take the other side and plug it into the  
>plug (on the NeXT) for the old-style keyboard.  Does anyone know if this is  
>feasible, or how much it would cost?  I already know a few people who would  
>be interested in such a gadget, if it could be made.

>For my purposes this gadget would not have to work with "any old" ADB  
>device.  It would be fine if all the gadget could support was the new ADB  
>keyboard and mouse that NeXT is selling.

I doubt this is possible, ADB is a serial (albeit rather dumb)
protocol which enables you to program the devices which are connected
to the ADB-bus. The only thing I can imagine is a simple replacement
for your keyboard and mouse (with some cheap processor it shouldn't be
that difficult) because in that case you only have to assign 2
addresses (one for the keyboard and one for the mouse), but if you want
to use the other possibilities of ADB (e.g. extra serial ports, a
mouse and tablet etc etc) then you're out of luck. Let's hope that we
can get a monitor-board upgrade...

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