Belkin F5U119-E PS/2 to USB Adapter

by Belkin

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000A2QBI
• Item model number: F5U119-E
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Belkin USB to PS/2 adapter allows you to link two PS/2 devices, such as a keyboard and mouse, to a single USB port on your computer. It lets you easily connect a full-size PS/2 keyboard and mouse to your notebook or desktop computer. Two devices can be used simultaneously, and you can plug and unplug devices without rebooting.

Advantages:

• Connects your PS/2 devices to your USB computer
• Supports nearly all popular PS/2 input devices
• Installs with plug-and-play ease
• Requires no drivers or power supply--just plug in and use
• Comes with a Belkin Lifetime Warranty
• Color: dark gray
• UPC: 722868472354

Product Description

Adapter cable for connecting two PS/2 devices to your PC through a USB port! Lifetime warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, basic, does the job it was meant for, March 17, 2004

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Frank R. SAVORY "FRSavory" (Boston's MetroWest, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin F5U119-E PS/2 to USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

Assuming you've got an available USB port on your PC, and are running a USB-compatible version of Windows (Win98SE or higher, or Windows 2000/XP), this product does exactly what you'd expect it to. Simple to use - just plug your PS/2-style mouse and/or keyboard into the unit, then plug the unit into an available USB jack on your PC, and Windows will autodetect the devices.

This is an excellent device to use if you want to attach two PS/2 style keyboard/mouse combos to the same PC - for example, if you've got both an adult and a child-size keyboard you want to run on the same PC, and both keyboards have PS/2 jacks.

Device also works great if you want to attach a PS/2 style keyboard or mouse to a laptop which has only USB ports.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine on Mac and PC, April 22, 2006

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Jeffrey Kain (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin F5U119-E PS/2 to USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

This is a very useful device. It's highly compatible, and it works fine on both my Macintosh laptop (MacBook Pro) and my desktop PC running Windows XP. It does what it says it will do. The only minor complaint I have is that the mouse movement is not quite as smooth when using this device (both Mac OS X and Windows XP).

Other than that, it's great!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does work on Mac OS X 10.4.9 iBook, May 5, 2007

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Lion Leo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin F5U119-E PS/2 to USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

Very good product. I purchased this adapter to connect a PS/2 connector barcode scanner to my PowerPC iBook running Mac OS X 10.4.9. When I first connected the adapter to the USB port on the iBook (after connecting the barcode scanner to the adapter), OS X discovered the keyboard connection and prompted me to go through a wizard for the computer to determine the keyboard type. If you do this, make sure to connect the keyboard to the adapter BEFORE plugging the adapter into the computer, so that it can make the appropriate device determinations. In order for the wizard to determine the "keyboard" type (ANSI), it prompted to hit the key to the right of the left shift key, and the key to the left of the right shift key (Z and / for my iBook). To do this with the barcode scanner, I printed custom barcodes for the characters with a barcode font and scanned them. The scanner now works well just as if it were connected to a PS/2 port on a PC. I would definately reccomend this product. Although I haven't tested it on a PC yet, I would assume it works since the box description indicates it would, and it works with a Mac.