This led to a bit of a myth that all PS/2 female to USB A Male adaptors would work for all PS/2 devices but passive PS/2 >USB converters will generally only work if there is signal conversion built into the device already. This can be in the converter cable/connector or in the more recent PS/2 devices is actually built into the keyboard/mouse as manufacturers realised that USB was becoming the connection standard and shipped their equipment able to function as PS/2 or with a passive adapter (because the active signal conversion was happening inside the device) USB. To do this you need a signal converter somewhere in the system. This is not least because a USB device needs to be able to identify itself so the computer knows what is attached. The signals passed by PS/2 and USB have important differences and passive cables/adapters from PS/2 to USB generally have problems.
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