StarTech 6in PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Splitter Cable Adapter (KYC1MF)

by StarTech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 0.5 x 8.7 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067SLZ
• Item model number: KYC1MF
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Are you tired of tapping away at the tiny keyboard that came with your laptop? Find yourself looking jealously at co-workers who click away on their full-sized mice? With StarTech.com’s 6-inch IBM PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Y-Splitter cable, you can enjoy the sense of freedom that comes with having a laptop while working on a full-sized keyboard and mouse.

Features

• Allows external keyboard and mouse to be on a notebook computer
• Lifetime warranty

Technical Specifications

• Length: 6 inch, 0.15 m
• Connectors: 6 DIN Male, 6 DIN Female x2
• StarTech.com ID: KYC1MF
• Estimated Weight (lbs.): 0.08

Product Description

This 6in Keyboard/Mouse Splitter Cable turns a single PS/2 port into two PS/2 peripheral connections, allowing a PS/2 keyboard and mouse to be used using a single port on a PS/2-enabled laptop/desktop computer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it's supposed to do, November 4, 2003

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L. Salazar "TundraGuy" (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: StarTech 6in PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Splitter Cable Adapter (KYC1MF) (Personal Computers)

What can you say? It's a Y cable that allows you to split your keyboard/mouse port on your laptop so you can connect both a keyboard and a mouse at the same time. I use it on my Compaq Evo N610c with no problems. Cheaper than a docking station and works great.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just works!, June 7, 2011

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V. Mitchell (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: StarTech 6in PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Splitter Cable Adapter (KYC1MF) (Personal Computers)

What more can I say? If you have a single PS/2 style connection on your PC or laptop and need to split them in order to connect a separate mouse and keyboard this is your adapter.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Found a fix to the problem, July 14, 2010

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FoundAFix - See all my reviews

This review is from: StarTech 6in PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Splitter Cable Adapter (KYC1MF) (Personal Computers)

I tried to use this cable with my laptop's docking station, which had just 1 PS/2 port. I was connecting this to a KVM switch and found that only keyboard was recognized, but mouse did not work. After some serious web searching, I found a solution. Looks like they labeled the connectors incorrectly or probably the docking station has some pins reversed: just connect the mouse to the keyboard connector of the Y cable and connect the keyboard to the mouse connector of the Y cable. After this 'cross connection' both keyboard and mouse started working!